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from the great Chafm which I perceived there, it 
nuift be intirely wanting. 
The next thing to be obferved is the Anus. I 
found the Situation of this Part more forward than 
tifual, at leaft by Two Inches ; and, if my Conjectures 
be- right, the Return, from this Pofition, muft take 
its Courfe nearly through the Chafm of the Os 
c Puhis. 
Befides all thefe Inconvenicncies, to complete the 
Child’s Mifcry, there is a perpetual Diftillation of 
Urine from Come unfeen Paflages under the Fungus , 
exciting by its Acrimony, every Moment, Pains and 
Excoriations. 
To conclude : Its Sex is fo imperfeCt, and obfeurely 
represented, that it received no Baptifna till Four 
Months after it was born j when its Parents, flatter- 
ing themfelvcs that Nature might take a Turn fome 
time or other for the Child’s Advantage, gave it an 
Appellation applicable to either Sex, as Time and 
Circumftances fhould require. 
Truro, April 21. 1742. 
Explanation of the Figure prefixed. 
A . Umbilicus. T). Gians. G. Anus. 
B. Fungus. E. Membrana. H. Froenum. 
CC. Trolapfus. F. Scrotum. 
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July 1. 1742. The Society adjourned to October 28. 
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