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tinued Plane: Wherefore it was found, out of the 
Belly, between thefe Two Portions, and formed, as 
it were, the Trunk of thefe Two Branches. 
The Portion^ or Branch, correfponding with the 
Anus , muft have had lefs Motion, and be lefs found $ 
becaufe it is deprived of the Share of Life that would 
come to it from the Continuity of the Fibres that 
were pinched and carried off by the Strangulation, 
and that it is continually expofed to the Air. The 
other Portion is full of Life, becaufe its Continuity 
with the Stomach makes it enjoy all the Life that this 
Communication can furnifh it with; and that beftdes 
it remains within the Abdomen , while the Patient is 
in a recumbent Pofture. 
In order to give the Pupils of our Hdtel~ c Dieu a 
clear Notion of the Formation of this lingular Rup- 
ture, I made one juft like it on a dead Body. For 
that Purpofe I made an Incifion in the Abdomen, at 
the Place of the Rings. I palled into it a Gut, in 
which I made an Opening. I fewed the Lips of this 
Opening to thofe of the Wound of the Belly j and 
having turned Infide out the Portions of Gut placed 
above and below this Opening, they afforded us a 
Bifurcation of Guts continuous and intirely like that 
of the Obfervation. 
A Difeafe well known is fometimes 
curni^thi/f cure d- This fame Portion of Gut 
Occident '! that fupplied the Faces, and that was fo 
lively, was drawn back into the Belly, 
when the Patient lay down, as I have already faid 5 
and the other only conftantly continued out. This 
Circumftance made me conceive Hopes of curing this 
Accident. 
Thus 
