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ninth Month (a little fooner, or a little later).' Now a 
Word or two of the Cervix here, ftnce we are obliged 
to mention it, will render our Explanation more clear, 
and will alfo fhew the infinite Wifdom of the Great 
Creator in the Formation of this Organ, for the 
Pnrpofes it is defign’d for. . 
VII. 
The Cervix of the Uterus is a compad Part, nar- 
rower than the Body, and about an Inch long (more 
or lefs), as at Tab.. II., Fig. 3. It has two Orifices 
proper to it while in this State j the one called the 
internal , which opens into the Cavity of the Uterus ; 
and the external Orifice, commonly called the Os 
Tinea , which opens into the Vagina. Its Subftance 
is very hard and folid, and it has a very fmall Paflagc 
from the one Orifice to the other, having on its 
Surface many Glands, which fecrete a denfe glutinous 
Subftance, and many Stria , to which this Gluten 
adheres j fo careful is Nature to keep the Uterus 
clofe, in order to prevent the Ingrefs of even the 
v Now this Cervix is made thus long and compad, 
that its Refiftance to the intruding Waters of the 
Amnium * fhould be greater than that of the Farietes 
of the Uterus , while it is dilating: This gives Time 
enough and Room for the Foetus to grow to Per- 
fedion ; and near the Time in which this is brought 
about, then this, which was before a Cervix with an 
Orifice at each End, is now become fo much 
L fhortened, 
* A[j.viov. «. to. The Name of one of the Membranes that con- 
tain the Child, 
