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XXIII. 
From whit t have faid of thefe Cords, I muft con- 
cur in the Opinion Vefalius had of them, concerning 
their being Mufcles , who is quoted by Santorini on 
that account ; and thefe, with our celebrated Ana- 
tomift Doctor Nichols , are the only Authors that • J 
know of, that have mentioned them as Mufcles; yet 
none, I believe, have afcribed the fame Ufe to them 
that 1 think they are employed in ; and that only 
refpeds thediftended Uterus , as follows: 
XXIV. 
While the Uterus is in its contra&cd State, thefe 
mufcular Cords are alfo in a State of Reft, forming the 
curved Direction we have mentioned, as at Tab. II. (/); 
and as the Uterus grows larger by its Pregnancy, they are 
pulfd upward and outward over the OJfa Ilia , being 
more and more diftended, in proportion with the 
UteruSy till they form nearly right Lines from their 
Origin to their Infertion, and are in many Women 
in the laft Monah 15 or 16 Inches long, more or 
lefs {See Tab. 3. d d,). Whereas, when they are 
in their State of Reft, they feldom exceed from 7 to 
9 Inches. From hence it may be rationally con- 
cluded, that when Delivery is over, they affift the 
UteruSy by their equally contra&ing on each Side, 
the more regularly to contradt itfelf, becaufe many 
Evils might be produced by an unequal Contra&ion 
of it ; but, as they are Part of its Difeafes, they can 
have no Place in this Le&ure. And as the mufcu- 
lar Cords can in no wife be faid to fufpend the 
UteruSy we cannot confent at all to call them Liga ? 
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