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Inches below that of the Vagina : Contrary to what 
is faid in Mr. O . . . . *s Account, who makes the fupe- 
rior Orifice to be near four Inches below the Excre- 
fcence, and the lower Orifice four Inches from the fu- 
perior^ and then fays, the Anus, which he (rightly 
enough) makes to ufurp the Place of the Foffa magna 
in Women naturally conformed, was five or fix Inches 
below this. According to this Proportion, the Woman 
mud be really gigantick whereas (lie is a fhort, little 
Woman: But however, Worthy Sir, you may depend 
upon the Account and Meafure 1 have given j nor do 
Mr. O . . . . ’s Cuts any way reprefent the Cafe. 
This Woman had no Os, or OJfa Tubis ^ indeed, 
there was an Apophyfis jutting out from the lower Part 
of each Os Ilium, but they were far from being join’d, 
as ufual, by Synchon drofis, 
July 1 8. 1722. I was fent for late at Night. I 
found the Woman with true Travail-Pains upon her. 
The Throws were exceflive violent, and the continued 
Agony had almofl quite exhaufled the poor Woman’s 
Spirits } but the Orifice of the Vagina was no way fen- 
fibly dilated, tho’ the Anus, thro’ the Violence of the 
Throws, open’d extremely wide. In vain were all En- 
deavours to relieve her, by thrufling up the Child, and 
putting the Mother in a proper Poffure. Vain were 
her own Throws and Agonies. Convulsions now had 
feiz’d her, and Nature feem’d to have deny’d a longer 
Life to the Mother, or an Entrance into it to the Child. 
I was in the utmofl Perplexity what to do under 
thefe Circum (lances. On the one Hand I confider’d,. 
that if there was not a PafTage made for the Child, and 
that by Incifion, both Mother and Child muft fpeedily 
perifh. On the other Pland I forefaw the Danger and 
Hazard of an Incifion, and the unavoidable Cenfure of 
having kill’d the Woman, if fhe fhould die under the 
2 . Operation. 
