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Membranes were very ftrong, but the Humours were 
very foul, and but fmall in Quantity, though not 
fetid. My Patient, who is a Woman of Probity and 
good Underftanding, declared, from ftrong Reafons, 
that fhe conceived at the Time above-mentioned, and 
was delivered as mentioned before ; the T wills in the 
Navel-ftring areDemonftration, that th e Foetus moved 
in the Matrix , in the manner my Patient defcribcd. 
The Oddnefs of the Cafe made me more particular in 
giving a true Hiftory of it, which, I hope, will be an 
Excufe for my Prolixity. I need not here mention 
the exaft Refemblance of the Foetus to a hooded 
Monkey : The Foetus itfelf will (hew it more particu- 
larly than I can relate it. 
I aver the above Cafe to be ftridtly true, to the 
beft of my Knowledge, as witnefs my Hand this 3 oth 
Day of April 1 7 3 3 • 
From Rochefter. William GfCgOry. 
IV. The Cafe of Mary Howell, who had a 
Needle run into her Arm, and came out at 
her Breaft. 
fJ[A R T Howell, late of Ofwaldejlry in Shropjhire , 
Spinfter, had on the 3d Day of March 1732. a 
fmall Needle, which fhe had ftuck upon the Sleeve of 
her Gown, by her accidentally running againft a 
Door, drove, with fome Thread twifted about it, 
into her Left Arm, about Six Inches below her 
Shoulders and a young Woman, (one Mary Trice) 
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