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‘ Weeks; in which Time flie grew much bigger, and 
> the Motion more perceptible ; fo that there remained 
‘ no Doubt of her being with Child. About the third 
‘ of O^oher Ihe was feized with violent Pains in her 
« Belly and Back ; which daily increafing, her Sifter, 
< by her Defire, came to me on* the fixth, when I went 
‘ to her, and found her labouring under very great 
‘ Pains, and other Complaints like thofe preceding a 
‘ Mifcarriage or Delivery : But to be better fatisfied, 
« and to ftrengthen ray Opinion, I pafled up two Fin- 
‘ gers into the F ^gtnay to examine by the Touch, whe- 
‘ ther the Os Tinea began to open and fpread. I there 
‘ felt a large and unufual Fulnefs and Tenfion, which 
‘ I then judged to be the Body of the Uterus funk low 
‘ into the Fagina, and much diftending it, and extend- 
* ing backwards, and prefling againft the Return, fo 
‘ that the Excrements could not readily pals, neither 
‘ could (he, from its Preflure upon the Neck of the 
Bladder, freely make* Water. I could not find the Os 
‘ Tinca^ although I very carefully examined all a- 
‘ bout with the Ends of my Fingers ; wherefore I then 
‘ judged .that the Fundus Uteri muft have receded 
‘ from its natural Pofition, and be bent backwards to- 
‘ wards the Return: In which Opinion I was the*' 
‘ more ftrengthened from the Fulnefs I before obferved, 
‘ ftretching backwards ; and therefore concluded that 
‘ the Os Tinea muft be very forward: Wherefore I en- 
‘ deavoured to pafs my Fingers between the Os Pu~ 
‘ his and the Fulnefs which prelTed 'againft the upper 
‘ Edge of the faid Bone. This with fome Difficulty I 
‘ effeded, and at length about two or three Inches a- 
‘ bove the faid Bone, I felt the Os Tinea with the 
‘ Ends of my Fingers. The Caufe of this Situation will 
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