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^ard into ter Throat, upon which fhe heav’d so oscen as put her out ofKre ath, and oblig’d her to stand upright to draw forne Air, which fhe did^HouttakingtheßÄout ofher Throat, and at that instant it slipt out°t her Fingers, and paß’d into her Stomacb. She found no immediate In-convenience; but the next Da y about Noon, Ihe feit a lharp prickingPainin the Right Side of her Belly, lower than the Navel : and towardsEven-ln g fhe feit the Paln nearer her Right Groin than before, which oblig’d herto go to Bed, where fhe lay Restkfi all that Night, by reasin of the ex-eeiiive Pain. Jan. 7. A Midwife siarcht her, and siid, fhe feit the Erd ofl ” e Bedkin , but thought it was in a Gut. Jan. 8. at Night fhe sint forIn fearching her by the Anas, I could not find it; but putting my■rtnger into the Vagina Uteri , I feit die Eodkin : And becausi fhe complain’d°fa difificulty in Voiding her Urine, I made usi of my Catheter, and feit it. c S j conce * ve . ' n . t ^ le Bladder • but immediately tryirig a 2d time, I could nota Fortnightafter, it was very plainly to befelt: and about1 o Days aster this (her Body being duly prepared for the Operation) I at-tempted to Extract it, aster the sime mannet as I do Stenes from Women. Buta v mg mtroduced my Forceps into the Neck of the Bladder, and very rea-1 y taken hold of the Eodkin, I could not move it. I then pasi’d in myinger thro’ the Dilatation into the Bladder, and try’d to bring the wholeZW-in lnt ° the Bladder , but could not ; nor could I tura it one way or another, butr ound likc a Spindle, the fmaller End (as I imagine) Vesting upon the If-Finding all my Attempts to be fruitleß, I defpair’d ever to effectthjs way, which made me desist from farther Tryal. But aster sime timeer Pains increasing, fhe prevail’d on me by her daily Importunity to at-simpt the Extracting of it in the mannet of the Higher Operation for theStone, which was as lollows; Dr. Madden, Dr. Molineux, and Dr. Smith,being presint. Having placed her in a convenient Posture, I put my Fin-ger into theVaginaUteri, and feit the Bedkin lying closi to it On the out-fide; whilst I held my Finger there, I preß’d with my Lest Hand above theOr Pubes, where I feit the Head, or Thickest End, of the Bedkin. 1 thenremov’d my Right Hand, and defirM Dr. Smith to put his Finger into the\Jgma, a° Ihaddone before, and preß hard against the Bodhin ; which he‘d* and held it very firm and steady, whilst I made an Incision about annc b and half in length, on theoutside of the Right Masculus Re Ilus, till I^me to the Bladder. I then paß’d my Fore Finger andThumb into theound, and got hold of the Head of the Bedkin. (the Substance of the Bladder° n Y being between) upon which, with a fmall crooked Bistore , I Cut the Blad-pf’ and fiy gently preiling my Finger and Thumb the Bedkin slipt out of thebetween them, by which I very easily Extracted it. I Dress’d theW cund and put her into Bed, and in leß than a Month, by God’s greatHing, stie was perfectly cured.

Jjn. 10. 16^^. The Young Woman went before the LerdMayor , and^ade Oatb, That the above Relation is true in Substance, and that ihe didTk t ^ le ^°^ ln t kerein mention’d.

1 ne Bodkin was Cut out of her Bladder that day 9 Weeks that fhe fwasi

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