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XVI. On a mal-conformation of the uterine system in women ; 
and on some physiological conclusions to he derived from it. In 
a letter to Sir Everard Home, Bart. V. P. R. S. from A. B. 
Granville, M. D. F. R. S. F. L. S . Physician in ordinary to 
H. R. H. the Duke of Clarence ; Member of the Royal College 
of Physicians, and Physician- Accoucheur to the Westminster 
General Dispensary. 
Read April 16, 1818. 
Dear Sir, 
When I proceeded, two years ago, to Paris for the purpose 
of studying still farther, and in a more advantageous manner, 
the particular branch of the medical profession I have em- 
braced, you did me the honour to request that I would com- 
municate to you any fact, which might occur to me during 
my stay in that capital, calculated to elucidate the pro- 
cess of generation. The good fortune I enjoyed in being 
admitted into the Maternite , or Great Lying-in Hospital, than 
which no other similar public institution in Europe, except 
perhaps that at Vienna, is better calculated to advance the 
study of the obstetric art; and the frequent anatomical inves- 
tigations at which I assisted, through the kindness of Mons. 
Chaussier, one of the most distinguished professors of the 
Faculty of Medicine, have, I am willing to believe, placed it 
within my power to satisfy you on the subject of your request. 
Of the many facts, however, which the numerous opportuni- 
ties I possessed have brought before me, connected with the 
physiology of generation, none, in my opinion, deserves more 
