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IV. A Letter from Mr. Francis Drake, Sur- 
geon, F. R. S. to Martin Folkes EJ'q\ Pre- 
iident of the Royal Society, &C. concerning 
the Bones of a Foetus being difc barged thro 
an Ulcer near the Navel. 
Worthy Sir , Fork, June 22. 1 74 7 . 
Read Jan. 28. J* TAVING a Call from hence into 
,747 ' JL JL Linco/nffjire lately, to fee a Patient, 
the Apothecary who attended on him informed me, 
a mo n gft other things, of an extraordinary Cafe, 
which had happened in that Neighbourhood, a very 
few Years ago. I have ftnee been informed, on In- 
quiry, that it has not as yet been reprefented to the 
Royal Society > and therefore I hope you will do 
me the Honour to lay this Account of the Cafe 
before them. 
^[ane> the Wife of James Barman , Labourer, at 
Scawby near Brigg in Lincolnfhire, was about 29 
Years of Age when fhe married. About two Years 
after, when fhe had had a Child at full Time, fhe 
conceived again, and went regularly on for four 
Months. She then got a Fall, and about three Weeks 
after felt a Load in her Belly, which continued, on the 
right Side of the fame, for between two and three 
Years. The Woman then grew very big with another 
Child, which prefled fo much upon the Lump as to 
give her great Uneafmefs. However, fhe went on 
to her Time with her double Burden; and, three 
Years and a Quarter after the accidental Fall, fhe 
Q^ was 
