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her Bed altogether 5 and in a few Months her Bones 
in her Legs and Arms felt fomewhat loft to the 
Touch, and were fo pliable, that they were bent into 
a Curve ; but, for feveral Months before her Death, 
they were as limber as a Rag, and would bend any 
way, with lefs Difficulty than the mufcular Parts of a 
healthy Perfon s Leg, without the Interpofition of the 
Bones. 
The 1 2th of April 1742. after a long and tedious 
Illnefs, fhe died, near the Age of Forty : And, having 
the Confent of her Friends, I had the Curiofity to 
examine more particularly into the feveral Matters 
before-mentioned. Upon raffing the Cutis , I found 
the Membrana Adipofa much thicker than I expe&ed 
in a Perfon fo much emaciated : The Sternum and 
Ribs, with their Cartilages, were very foft 5 and all 
the cartilaginous Parts of the Ribs, at their Articu- 
lations, from the Clavicle downwards, were doubled 
over one another on the Left Side, about an Inch, 
in this Form , only flatter. Upon railing 
the Sternum , I found the Lungs adhered very clofe 
to the Ribs, for Four or Five Inches on each Side ; 
but were more loofe and flaccid than ufual, and much 
lefs in Size: Her Heart was of the common Bignefs. 
Upon viewing her Liver, I found it at leaf! a Third 
Part bigger than common ; and her Spleen was about 
an Inch and a half in the longeft Part, and a Quarter 
thick: The Inteftines were very much inflated. 
She had Appearances of feveral Anchyloses’ s 
formed in the lfnall Joints, viz. carpal and meta- 
carpal Bones; but, upon laying them open, I found 
them only like a thin Shell : The cartilaginous Epi- 
phyfes of the Bones were intirely diflolvcd, and 
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