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of a Fever, notwithftanding fhe obferved a moft 
regular Temperance : Her Labour was always dif- 
ficult, and fhe bred her Children very faft : She lay in 
again in 'December 171%. and in May 1731. and the 
Child fhe lay in with at this Time had a hollow 
Dent above the Temples, on the Left Side of the 
Head, and is now living. She lay in again in Sep- 
tember 1732. and in October 1733- Thefe Two laft 
Labours were the moft violent, and the Children 
had both Dents in the fame Place of the Head, the 
laft the biggeft, the Hollow being big enough to 
contain half a fmall Orange ; and the Two Children 
were ftill-born, but alive till the Moment they came 
to the Birth. In December 1733- fhe was feized 
with a Fever, and violent Pains crofs her Loyns and 
Back, great Coftivenefs, Pain at the Neck of the 
Bladder, and a Pain and Heavinefs about the Region 
of the Os Dubis. I took fome Blood from her, gave 
her foft gentle Purges, with the intermediate Ufe of 
balfamic and diuretic oleaginous Mixtures and Apo- 
zems; but it was difficult to get any common Dofe 
of purgative Medicines to work with her : I then 
had recourfe to Clyfters, but all without any Effect, 
except that her Fever remitted j but (he had no Relief 
from her Pains, and her Coftivenefs increafed, having 
no Stool but what was from Purges or Clyfters, or 
both; and the Excrements that came from her were 
formed in a very odd Figure, like the Leaves of the 
great Houje-leek, in Strata , one on the other ; and 
thus file was for feveral Months, and then her Urine 
began to grow fetid, and a ftimy Subftance fell to 
the Bottom of the Pot: Her Pains llill continued; 
{he found no Relief from any Medicines, except 
Opiates; 
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