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fity of again introducing my hand into the uterus ; and 
as one leg had thus unexpectedly failed me, I thought it 
extremely futile to attempt any thing with the other. 
The moft eligible refource which I apprehended I had 
now left, was to fix a blunt hook upon one groin, and, 
when it was brought low enough, to affift gently at the 
other, with the two fore-fingers of my right hand. By 
thefe means I happily accomplifhed the delivery of the 
foetus, which proved to be a very fingular kind 
of monfler. And as the late ingenious Mr. hewson in- 
jected its blood vefTels, and difTeCled it, I am enabled to 
attempt a fhort anatomical defcription of it, for the fatif- 
faction of the curious in philofophy and phyfiology* 
This extraordinary animal production is of the fize 
and appearance of a common twin child at its full time, 
excepting the particularities now to be pointed out. 
When firft born it was Very plump, but foft and flabby, 
and the bones remarkably fmall and tender* It has nei- 
ther head, neck, hands, or arms. In the place where the 
neck Ihould originate, is a little mamilla, fomewhat 
larger than a woman’s nipple, but quite foft. And on 
each fide, in the place where the arm fhould begin, there 
is a papilla, about the bignefs, and very much like 
the extremity, of a common quill. The fpine feems per- 
fect, but ends abruptly at the upper vertebrae colli. Be- 
low the navel the parts are nearly intire, except the feet, 
where the toes are of an irregular form and fize, and 
fome of them united together. The external parts of 
generation, which indicate it a female, are alfo perfeCl. 
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