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which are the Refult of an Examination made a 
few Days fince by Dr. Milward and myfelfj and 
which, in general, differs not from the Opinion 
which that learned Gentleman and I mention'd to 
this Society 7 upon the Occafion, which the Science 
of Anatomy neceffarily fuggefted to us at that time. 
But James Theobald Efq; a worthy Member of the 
Royal Society , having encouraged her to come to 
London , and having brought her to this Meeting of 
the Society , has now given us all an Opportunity of 
coming at the Truth of her Cafe; wherefore I fhall 
now, Gentlemen, prcfent you with, firjl , an Ac- 
count of her prcfent Condition 5 and then, fome 
Confiderations on the natural State and Ufes of the 
Tongue j which will flhew you how far fne makes 
the Lips and Teeth fupply the Want of her Tongue 
in fpeaking ; and alfo be a Dire&ion to every Gentle- 
man prefent to judge of the Cafe before him. 
Of her prefent Condition . 
THE Apex and Body of the Tongue (being the 
only Parrs that naturally fill the Cavity of the 
Mouth) are intirely wanting in this Woman, as 
clofely to the Region of the Os Hyoides y which is 
the Root of the Tongue, as can well be conceived > 
and which is now firuated too low in the Throat 
to be perceived, even when (he opens her Mouth 
at the wideft. 
But let any one lay the Tops of the Finger and 
Thumb to the Sides of her Throat, and let her at 
the fame time pronounce the Letter k he will 
feel the remaining Root of the Tongue rife towards 
the 
