[ H 2 2 ,] 
was deliver’d of a live Child at full Growth : From 
which Time die grew worfe and worfe, with vio- 
lent Pain about the Navel, and an inflamed Tumour 
appeared near that Part. Upon Application to a 
neighbouring .Surgeon, Fomentations were ufed, 
which produced a Suppuration at a fmall Breach 
near the Navel. The Surgeon did not know what 
to make of this Swelling, and therefore did not 
venture to enlarge the Orifice ; but it continued did 
charging a fetid purulent Matter for three or four 
Months longer. 
About a Year, or more, after her lad Delivery, 
the Woman was fuddenly feized in the Ni°ht- 
time, and a hardifh Mafs of Flefh, fecmingly about 
eight Inches long, was difeharged thro’ the old 
Opening in her Belly. The Lump was rather 
thicker than an ordinary Man’s Wrift, and which, 
being opened, contained all the Bones of a Foetus , 
ot about four Months Growth. 
At this time the Woman was much emaciated, occa- 
fioned by the large Difcharge of Tus from the Wound 5 
and, what was much more extraordinary, whatever 
lhe eat or drank came half-digeded thro’ the Open- 
ing. White Bread, or better Diet, came thro’ in 
that Manner j but coarfe Rye-Bread, or fuch-likc, 
was not digefted at all. For which Reafon, the 
poor Woman mud have inevitably periflied, had 
die not been fupported by a charitable Gentleman’s 
Family in the Village, with Diet fit for her mifera- 
ble Circumdances. 
She continued to difcharge her Excrement in this 
Manner for fix Months, and then that Symptom left 
her 5 after which the Ulcer was kept open other fix 
2 - Months, 
