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Pain in making Waters and the Quantity fhe made 
was commonly about four or five Ounces. 
Upon the Suppreffion of her Catamenia, , there fuc- 
ceeded a 'Dyfpnoea , Lofs of Appetite, Emaciation of 
the fuperior Parts, and a Tumefa&ion of one of her 
Legs with Ulcerations. Thefe Symptoms gradually 
increafed till her Death. 
Upon taking the Dimenfions of her Body before 
Difie&ion, we found the Circumference of her Ab- 
domen to be juft fix Feet four Inches, and from the 
Xyphoid Cartilage to the Os Tubis it meafur'd four 
Feet and half an Inch. The cutaneous Veffels, dis- 
tributed upon the Abdomen , were remarkably large, 
and diftended with Blood, and the fpurious Ribs 
were prefied greatly outwards and upwards. 
After this general View of the external Parts, we 
began the Difleftion, by dividing the Cartilages of 
the fix fuperior Ribs, and raifing the Sternum . The 
Thorax being laid open, we obferved that the Dia- 
phragm was forcibly protruded into that Cavity. 
The Bafe of the Heart lay under the right Clavicle, 
and its Apex upon the mod convex Part of the Dia- 
phragm 5 which Convexity advanced as high up as 
the third fuperior Rib. The Lungs were furprifingly 
fmall, fcarce exceeding in Magnitude thofe of a new- 
born Child. The right Lobe ftightly adher'd to the 
! 'Pleura , the left was free, and both were in a found 
State. Within the Tericardhm was found, as ufual, 
a fmall Quantity of Liquor, but none in the Cavity 
of the Thorax . 
We next perforated the Abdomen in the moft con- 
venient depending Parr, and evacuated from thence 
a furprifing Quantity of Water, which was lightly 
tinged 
