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IX. A Letter from Mr . James Simon to the 
Prefident, concerning the Bones of a Foetus 
voided per Anum; and offome Foflils found 
in Ireland. 
Read Nov. 
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A Curious and worthy Clergyman, of 
the County of Armagh-, fent me, 
fome time ago, a Parcel of Bones, with the follow- 
ing Account of them 5 viz. 
“ Rofe , the Wife of Mortaugh Mac Cornwall , 
of the Parifh of Tu/lylifh , Barony of Clare , in 
the Year 1741, about the latter End of May , or 
the Beginning of June, being in the 37th Year 
“ of her Age, and Mother of feveral Children, con- 
“ ceived, as ufual ; but, in two or three Days after, 
“ felt an excelfive unnatural kind of Pain in the 
“ Matrix , which continued, with frequent Faint* 
ings, a depraved Appetite, and an exceeding great 
“ Weaknefs, till her Child quickened } after which 
“ Ihe proceeded reafonably well in her Pregnancy to 
“ the End of nine Months j and then, her Child 
lt alive, and every thing right (as the Midwife 
“ thought), (he fell in Labour, which lafted, with 
“ proper Child bearing Pains, for twenty-four Hours, 
<f but could not be delivered ; and her Labour leav= 
“ ing her, the Child was no more obfcrved to ftir. 
“ In a Month after, her Labour return’d, and, with 
“ many regular Throws, continued twenty-four 
“ Hours more, but to no Purpofe, fave the dif- 
11 charging of fome Quantities of black corrupted 
“ Clods of Blood 5 of which kind alfo (he threw 
y y y “ up 
