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the Roof of her Mouth, in order to perform $ 
it ; however, (he cannot keep it there any longer 
than the Moment of thrufting it up, for want of the 
Ligament (which was dedroy'd with the Tongue) that 
is deftin'd, together with :he following Mufcles, to keep 
the whole Tongue forwards in its due Situation. 
The GeniogloJJi are a Pair of Mufcles which arifc 
from the fore Part of the Infide of the lower Jaw, 
and are inferted into the Body of the Tongue by 
three different Directions j the anterior Part is car- 
ried forward towards the Apex : the poderior runs 
obliquely backwards towards the Root, fending a 
narrow Slip on each Side to the Cornua of the Os 
Hyoides $ and the middle Part ends about the mid- 
dle of the Tongue. 
Now there are certain Inequalities appearing on* 
and clofely adhering to the Floor of the Cavity of 
the Mouth, one of which being the mod confidera- 
ble, and having a Refemblance in its Subdance to 
that of the Surface of the Tongue, has been, if I 
am rightly informed, inadvertently midaken for a 
Tongue, by a Gentleman profeffing Surgery in the 
Country 5 and which he thought, for want of a 
careful Examination, perform'd the Offices proper 
to the Apex y but a little Care and CircumfpeCtion 
would have inform'd him, that thofe Appearances 
are only Fragments of the GeniogloJJi mention'd 
before, and that upon the Separation of the found 
Parts from thofe mortified, fuch Fragments, as had 
efcaped, were retraced, and cicatrized down into 
their prefcnt State 5 nor is it difficult to conceive 
how the Root of the Tongue mud of Necefiity fink 
lower down into the Throat, by the Lofs of thefe 
Mufcles and the proper Ligament s which, as I have 
M m m m obferved 
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