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Mate of a cartilaginous Subftance. The Texture indeed 
of the Protuberance was fomewhat laxer than of the 
Body of the Uterus . Having cut down very deep into 
the Uterus , and found nothing but this foiid Mafs, 
we introduced a Probe from the Os Tinea, to exa- 
mine if there was any Cavity in the Uterus ; and found 
a fmall one reaching to the Fundus, and barely large 
enough to admit the Probe. The Ovaries and Fal- 
lopian Tubes were in their natural State; except a 
fmall Deviation of the Fallopian Tube on the right 
Side. 
I know no Writer that has taken notice of a fimi- 
lar Appearance in the Uterus , but Ruyfch ; and his 
Words I beg leave to cite. They are in hi sThef au- 
nts Anatomicus TDecimus, N°. CVI. “ Uterus hit- 
<c mantis feirrhofus fall us, et in major em molem ex- 
<c tenfus, id quod in vetulis aliquot ies obfervavi ? 
t€ prater ea ex fuperficie fuperiore alter et extguus 
<c feirrhus emergit , ut et ovaria, ovorum dull us 
“ ( tuba Fallopiana dilli) fat is bene difpofita ; et hac 
<c omnia in liquored He has not given any Plate or 
Defcription of the Dimenfions of his enlarged Ute- 
rus ; but this, which I have been deferibing, is, in 
its greateft Breadth 4 Inches and | ; its Length from 
the Os Tinea 6 Inches 5 Thicknefs, 3 Inches and an 
half; and its Weight, including the Ovaries, Fal * 
lopian Tubes, &c. two Pounds twelve Ounces of 
Avoir dupoife Weight. 
Whatever Ruyfch had obferved of that kind were in 
old Women. T his Woman I take to have been between 
30 and 40. He does not mention having feen more 
than one fmall additional Scirrhus ; whereas in 
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