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whole Time of Geftation, fhe complain’d of fcarcely 
any other Symptom than the Weight and Heavinefs of 
her Belly ; only now and then of a tenfe Pain and a 
Difficulty in Refpiration: She fa id neverthelefs, that 
Flatufes would fometimes be difcharged from the 'Pu- 
denda , and the more they were fo, the lefs Uneafinefs 
ffie perceived. The Menftrua were regular as to Time} 
but as to Quantity ffie did not explain her felf : But in 
the latter Months, towards her Death, ffie grew plainly 
cachedick. Her Countenance was cadaverous ; her 
Bread: and upper Limbs perfectly emaciated ; her Feet 
oedematous, and the Belly much more turgid and pro- 
minent than before ; fo that at length ffie breathed with 
the utmoft Difficulty, and upon taking any Nouriffi- 
ment, complained of a great Straitnefs in her Cheft. 
Upon opening the Abdomen y two Days after her Death, 
fome Water flow’d out, of a wheyiffi Colour, tho’ in 
what Quantity was not taken Notice of} but upon di- 
viding the 'Uterus, a plentiful Quantity of a bloody 
Liquor iifued from it, together with feventy-t wo Moke 
of different Figures and Solidity, and chiefly of a 
black Colour. One only, the 76th, was fix’d to the 
lower Part of the right Side of the 'Uterus , contiguous 
to its internal Orifice. Thefe folid Subftances weighed 
64 Ounces ; as the Liquor alfo filled 15* antient Alface 
Meafures, fo- that taken together, the Whole weighed 
80 Pounds Apothecaries Weight. The Skin of the 
Abdomen was very thin, and almoft tranfparent } the 
Navel perfedly obliterated} the Fat almoft entirely 
confumed} the Muffles pale, flaccid, and very thin al- 
fo } and the Peritonaeum in fome Places fo ftrongly at- 
tach’d to the 'Uterus , that it could not, without the 
utmoft Difficulty, be torn from it. The Body of the 
. F f f f x 'Uterus , 
