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Received April 24, 1766. 
XVIII. A?t Account of an uncommon large 
Hernia , in a Letter from Dr . George 
Carlifle, to the Right Rev . the Lord Bifhop 
of Carlifle, F, R . S. 
Carlifle, April 18, 1766. 
My Lord, 
Read May 14, 
1766. 
W H E N I fhewed you the drawing 
of an uncommon large hernia at 
Rofe, you were pleafed to fay, you fhould be glad to 
have the hiftory of it, and of what occurred in exa- 
mining the body after death, in order to communicate 
it to the Royal Society : from that time I determined 
to draw out the cafe, but have been prevented by 
various other engagements, till now, that I take the 
liberty to prefen t it to your Lordffiip ; and fhall be 
extreamly rejoiced if it prove agreeable to yon, and the 
learned body; with it I inclofe an outline of the draw- 
ing, Tab. VII. Fig. K.and an explanation, which 
may make the deferiptionmore intelligible. I was lorry, 
that for want of a proper draftfman, my good friend 
the captain being out of town, I could not have the 
lituation of the llomach, with the other parts left in 
the abdomen, taken; but my painter was folqueam- 
ifh, it was with difficulty we got the outward ap- 
pearance taken from the dead body. 
We 
