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I fhould have mentioned, that, before this Accident 
of the Strain, fhe had always enjoyed a tolerable good 
Share of Health ; and feldom made any Complaint, 
but of miffing her Menftrua. 
Upon viewing the naked Body, the Abdomen was 
vaffiy diftended, and moft at the Navel: The Swel- 
ling was unequal, the Left Side being more fwelled 
than the Right } and there appeared a very diftin£t 
Protuberance all along the Left Epigaftr'tum: This 
Protuberance was much fofter than the other Parts 
of the Belly, which were fo hard, that upon Prelfure 
they did not pit. 
Upon opening the Body, we obfervcd as follows : 
The Membrana adipofa was very thin, and the Ab- 
dominal Mufcles were much extenuated by the great 
Diftention, as is ufual in like Cafes. 
The c Peritonaum> which was the chief Seat of the 
Diftemper, and the principal Part to be taken notice 
of, was grown to fo monftrous a Thicknefs, that its 
Se&ion at the Navel was Five Inches and Two-tenths 
of an Inch; and it was of the fame Thicknefs below, 
but fomewhat thinner above it. All over the Peri- 
toneum^ and throughout the Whole, there appeared 
a prodigious Number of Glands ; and the Space be- 
twixt one Gland and another was filled with a white 
fpongy Fleffi. Some of thefe Glands were round, 
others oblong : Many of them were as large as a Goofe s 
Egg, others about the Bigncfs of a Pigeon s Egg, and 
fome lefs; the larged were on the Left Side. Their 
internal Subdance was dedroyed, and only the ex- 
ternal Membranes left, whofe Cavities were full of 
Liquors of different Colours and Confidence : Some 
contained a thin whitifh Humour, others a pellucid 
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