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coucheurs to vifit her; and we were all fo much 
deceived as to be of opinion, that the tumour was an 
extra-uterine foetus: however, we were deterred from 
attempting the Caefarean operation, from a convic- 
tion that the was too weak, hedtical, and reduced, 
to encourage any hopes of her recovery, in cafe it 
had been performed ; and therefore we determined 
to leave the event to nature, efpecially as we could 
perceive no motion of any particular parts of the 
tumour, though it had greatly increafed, and as it 
was poffible that it might be fome other tumour. 
She continued gradually declining ; the tumour 
and fymptoms increafing, during May and June; 
and the twenty-third day of July following, I per- 
ceived a fmall fluduation of water in her abdomen, 
and gave her an intimation thereof, which deter- 
mined her to procure another nurfe for her infant; 
but the afeites daily increafed, and in nine or ten 
days after, her legs and feet became oedematous, 
her night-fweats ftill continued, though her dropfy 
augmented, and flic languilhed under the acute 
pains, more frequent reachings, hedtic fever, lofs of 
flrength, want of appetite, and reftlefs nights, except 
when file took an opiate, which often proved a great 
relief and refreQiment to her. 
Her pofture in bed now was half fitting, half 
lying, which was the only pofition die could bear 
without great pain and diortnefs of breathing. 
About feven days before her death, (he was feized 
with a fmart lax, which, in a few days, carried off 
part of the fwelling in her left leg ; die became fome- 
what lighter, and lefs diftreffed in her breathing, 
which made her vainly hope, that her diforder might 
be 
