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'Pwou’d have preferved this Leg, to have diilededit, but- 
the Friends of the Woman deceived me. They promifed ' 
me to keep it for me till the next day, which F relying- 
upon, left it with them. So they took that opportunity 
to Bury* it, where I never cou’d* find if. I (hall forbear 
fending you my poor Refiedfion on this cafe, for fear I 
ffiou d not judge aright. But (liall leave it to you, and., 
others, who are more Competent Judges thaa 
1.707. 
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Yours, &c, 
Ra. Calep: 
About the beginning of O^oher laft I happened' to 
“ beat Maydenheady where I faw the Woman whofe 
“ Cafe is here related 5 Ihe appeared to be very decrepid, 
“ and would have (hevyrT me the Stump of her Thigh 
bare , but the coldnefsof the Weather,- (he faid, would * 
make it uneafie to her. I felt it through her Qoaths, 
*‘-and the end of the Stump feenfd to be not above four ' 
or five Inches below the Trunk of her Body. 
Since I have fo frequently 'found the large Trunks • 
-of the Arteries ot the Thighs and Legs of Aged Peo- 
pie petrified, as I have mention’d in the Tranfa^lons, 
“ and moft commonly in thofe whohavehad 
“ Gangreens in the Legs, I am apt to fufpedfc the like : 
happen’d in the Crural Artery of this Woman ^ .which, 
** like a Legature, did at length put a total ftop to the ' 
“ Influent Blood below that Stridure. ^ 
W dll am- Cowpery • . 
V. TUj 
Novemk 27 .^ 
1707. 
