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the Fundus Uteri. Many fmall Bones lay in the 
Folds j but, as fhe complained not of Pain, they 
were left till the Suppuration began, excepting thofe 
the Sack in contracting itfelf threw out. 
Befides Fomentations, Balfamics, proper Bandages, 
&c. vulnerary detergent Injections were found very 
ufeful, thrown in in large Quantities, both to walh out 
the putrid Flefn, and bring away the Scales of Bones 
which were (till concealed in the Folds of this 
Sack. 
The Sack contracted itfelf daily, grew fmooth and 
white within, and narrower as it approached the 
Uterus , which gave Reafon to believe it one of the 
Fallopian Tubes. 
The Wound was cured in about fix Weeks, and 
the Woman deliver’d from a long State of Mifery 
grew fat and lufty, and now enjoys good Health. 
Comparing thefe Circumflances together, it feems 
reafonable to believe this Fruit never was in the 
Cavity of the Womb, but that the impregnated 
Ovum was ftopt in its PafTage through one of the 
Fallopian Tubes, where it grew, and was detained 
fo many Years j and that the Inflammation, which 
happened below the Navel, was not owing to the 
Rottennefs of the Foetus , or to its bare Bones Peek- 
ing a Difcharge, but rather to fome accidental Fric- 
tion of the containing Sack againft the ‘Peritoneum , 
thereby producing Adhefion, ObftruCtion, Inflamma- 
tion, <&c. The FoetuSj before this Accident, mult 
have remained all thefe Years intirc, and without 
perfeCl Corruption: For it took no lefsTime, after 
its Communication with the common Air, before it 
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