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no Parts of the Heads of the Bones remaining, but an 
Out fide, not thicker than an Egg-fhell. 
Upon making Incifions in her Legs and Arms, 
Five or Six Inches long, I found the outer Laminae 
of the Bones foft, and become perfectly membranous , 
about the Thicknefs of the \ ^Peritoneum , containing 
(inftead of a bony Subftance) a Fluid of the Confidence 
of Honey, when it is thick, of a reddilh Colour, not 
at all difagreeable to the Smell: There was no Ap- 
pearance of any Bones in her Leg and Arms, except 
near the Joints, which were in part diflolved, and 
what remained were very foft, and full of Holes, like 
a Honey-comb: Alfo the Bones of the Head would 
eafily give' way to the Prefiure of the Finger. 
It is remarkable, that thofe Parts of the Bones that 
are the moll compact and hard, were firft difl'olved, 
while their Heads, which are more fpongy and foft, 
had not fo intirely loft their Subftance. 
When fhe was in Health, fhe was Five Feet high, 
as I am informed by her Husband : I mcafured her 
after her Death, and fhe was but Three Feet Seven 
Inches in Length, though all her Limbs were ftretched 
out ftrait, which is Seventeen Inches fhorter than fhe 
was in her Health : The Bones, which ferve as Levers 
for the Mufcles to aft upon, being diftolved, thefe had 
nothing to keep them extended in their ufual Pofition. 
The Perfon was under the Care of Dr. Cadwal- 
lader of P enfilvania* 
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