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I thought it needlefs to harrafs this Woman by 
further Trials, which would prove much the fame 
with 1 the foregoing j and therefore turned my whole 
Attention on the Means of curing her of this Acci- 
dent, and thereby rewarding her for the Services fhc 
had rendered us. 
At firft Sight of this Difeafe, I was as 
far as the other Surgeons from compre- The Nature 
hending the <^/Eniema of the Figure of A 1 CC1 ' 
. „ ° ,, p _ . ° dent explain- 
the Two Ends ot the Gut continuous [or e d. 
of one Piece.] I plainly faw, that they 
were Portions of the Ileum \ but I was obliged to 
meditate on it a fecond time, in order to guefs at 
the reft ; and yet nothing fo eafy when a Perfon has 
hit it off. 
The Hernia which this Woman had at firft, was 
one of thofe named an incomplete Hernia properly 
fo called'? that is, a Hernia wherein there was but 
a Portion of the Side of the Gut pinched within the 
Ring. This ftrangulated Portion mortified j the found 
Lips cicatrized with the Integuments ; the reft of the 
Canal remained within the Belly ; and the Excre- 
ments, which this Remainder of the Canal received, 
iftued at its Outlet towards the Groin. 
The Patient, being recovered, quitted her Bed, and 
by little and little occafioncd the turning Infide out, 
and Fall of the Portions of the inteftinal Canal, fitu- 
ated above and below the open Part. By this Inver-' 
fion, the remaining Coats of the opened Gut came 
out likewife. This Part is fituated between the Two 
Portions, one of which anfwers to the Stomach, and 
the other to the Anus , and with thefie Two Por- 
tions it makes but one and the fame Part, or a con- 
tinued 
