( i'i 1 8 ) 
But befides this, 1 obferved another remarkable ac- 
cident, which did much batten her end, being very 
painful and troublefome for a year or two before foe 
dyed. 
The Uterus was entirely Shirrhous, and diftended to 
that degree, that it filled up the whole Capacity of the 
Pelvis. Part of the Colon and lleon adhered fo firmly 
5 to it, that there could be no Separation without tear- 
ing : Both the Ovaria and the Tub# grew clofe to it $ 
and indeed the Confufiort and IVhxture of all thefe parts 
! was fo great, that if the Ovaries had not been fvvelled 
here and there with Hydatidal Tumours, I could not 
have diftioguifned them. 
The Neck of the Womb was prefifed down fo low, 
that upon a very gentle dilatation of the Labia it offer’d 
itfelf to view, being extreamly hard, butyetfmooth 
and even, and fo clofely fout, that I could pafs nothing 
without cutting. 
It had fqueezed the Veftca Urinaria fo clofe againft 
the Os Pubis, that it could contain but little or no 
Urine, which obliged her to make it often, and with 
'pain. 
The preffure of this part backwards was fo great 
' upon the Inteftinum Re&um, that the evacuation of Faces 
had been obftrufted for the ipace of five weeks before 
foe dyed. 
Indeed there was obferved to come away per Anum 
for fome confiderable time a great deal of Pus and 
Slimy Matter, but that proceeded from the Uterus 5 
for the Acrimonious Humour, which was wont to be 
difeharged per Vuginam, having been pent up within its 
Cavity, by the clofe Conftriftion of the Co Hum Uteri, 
had cofrdded, • and eat its way through the fubftance of 
the Womb into the Return, by which it had its vent: 
Which deplorable cafe 1 have more than once obferved 
in Difleftion. 
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