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II. An uncommon Dropfy from the Want of a 
Kidneys and a Defcription of a large Saccus 
‘that contain d the W ater , by Samuel Glafs, 
Surgeon , at Oxford ; fent to Dr. Mead. 
November 11 , 1746 . 
'Read Jan. 8. TlKART Nix, who lived at Hampton- 
*74 -7“ 1Y1 ^Poyky a fmall Village in Oxford - 
fhzre, had been remarkable all her Life for the pre-’ 
ternatural Size of her Belly. After her Death, I had 
the Curiofity, together with fome learned Gentlemen 
of the Univerfity, to infpeft her Body. Her Mother 
was then prefent, and inform'd us, that this her 
Daughter was born dropfical * that fhe herfelf had 
been ill of the fame Difeafe for fome time before, 
and during, her Pregnancy 5 but, on the Birth of 
this Child, fhe was freed from that Diforder. 
The Child, tho’ born dropfical, prov’d otherwife 
healthy j and, notwithflanding the Difeafe continu- 
ally increafed as fhe grew up, liv’d to be near twenty- 
three Years of Age. 
She was a tall well-proportion’d Woman., except 
with Regard to the enormous Size of her Belly 5 and, 
for one of fo unwieldy a Bulk, healthy, brisk, and 
aftive. Her Appetite was always good, and fhe was 
never more than ordinarily thirfty 5 had no remarkable 
Difficulty of Breathing, not even when fhe lay fu- 
pine, nor did her Thighs or Legs ever fwell. Her 
Menfes , which appear’d at the ufual Time of Life, 
continued regular, till within eight Months of her 
Death. The only Complaint was now-and then a 
U u 2 Pain 
