130 Mr. hunter’s Account of a Woman 
I called upon her in the afternoon ; fhe complained of 
violent griping pains in her bowels, darting down to the 
pubes. On examining I found the os tinfee a little dilated, 
with other fymptoms of approaching labour. I fent her 
an anodyne fpermaceti emulfion, and defired to be 
called if her pains increafed. I was fent for. The 
labour advanced very flowly ; her pains were long and 
fevere ; Are was delivered of a dead child, with fome dif- 
ficulty. 
Observing an eruption all over the body of the child, 
and feveral of the pujlules filled with matter, I examined 
them more particularly ; and recollecting, that Dr. leake, 
in his Introductory LeCture to the Practice of Midwifry, 
had obferved, that it might be neceffary to inquire, whe- 
ther thofe adults who are faid totally to efcape the fmall 
pox have not been previoufly affeCted with it in the womb, 
I fent a note to Dr. leake, and likewife to Dr. hunter, 
in hopes of afeertaining a faCt hitherto much doubted. 
Dr. leake came the fame evening, and faw the child. 
Dr. hunter came afterwards, with Mr. cruickshanks, 
and examined it; alfo Mr. john hunter and Mr. fal- 
coner; w ; ho all concurred with me, that the eruption on 
the child was the fmall pox. Dr. hunter thought the 
eruption fo like the fmall pox that he could hardly 
doubt ; but faid, that in all other cafes of the fame kind, 
that 
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