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V. A case of the human fcetus found in the ovarium, of the 
size it usually acquires at the end of the fourth month. By 
A. B. Granville, M. D. F. R. S. In a letter addressed to 
Sir Everard Home, Bart., V. P. R. S. 
Read January 13, 1820. 
My dear Sir, 
H aving met with a well defined case of a foetus in the 
human ovarium, which illustrates in a very satisfactory man- 
ner the explanation contained in your paper on the corpora 
lutea, respecting the mode in which the ovum is sometimes 
retained, and the embryo formed, within the cavity of the 
corpus luteum, I beg leave, through you, to communicate it to 
the Royal Society, that it may have a place amongst your 
observations on that subject. 
To render it still more deserving of that honor, Mr. Bauer, 
to whom you and the public are so much indebted, has made 
drawings of the parts in a manner which, I may say, no one 
but himself could have executed. 
A lady, aged 39 years, died on the 9th of last June, after 
having experienced various and severe sufferings, which, with 
the exception of a short period of apparent convalescence, had 
lasted from December the 12th, 1818, to the moment of her 
dissolution. 
After death, the body was examined at the request of her 
friends. It presented nothing which, on a general inspection, 
might be said to indicate disease, except a considerable tumour. 
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