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prioris Puerperii, quo in difficili Partu huic Obstetricaveram. Quod Co-alescentia tam arcta erat, non Tactu solum, sed Visu deprehendi. Post in»tegram fere diem, multos fortefque Enixos, una cum auxilio manus Ob-stetricis, aliquantulum Aperta (& ni fallor Laceratas erat Membrana ; a-deo ut Digito minori daretur Ingreflus: hanc Apertionem (ut ad Partumconduceret) per Speculum Matrtcis Dilatare vilum est ; hoc facto magnaHaemorrhagia statim liquebatur, unde infaelix Faemina ita debilitata erat,ut 6 vel 7 horis a Partu Infantis mortuae expiravit.

In Animo etiam atque etiam volutanti, quomodo fieri posset ut in Ute-ro conciperet haec Mulier, ad quem Membium Semenve Virile nunquamaccederat, mihi in Mentem venit Opinio doctillimi Harvai nostri in Li-bro de Generatione divulgata (cui ob hanc demonstrationem assenti re cogor)viz.. quod Faecus non firmatur ex Semine Masculino in Uterum ejecto, sedtota Massa Sanguinis squali per Contagium) vim Plasticam a Semine Vi-rili accipiens Ovis Uterinis commumcar, ufide fiunt tcinlia: & eo magiscum illo sentio, quoniam scio hanc Foeminam Infantulum vehementer ap-petiisse, unde proculdubio eo majori delideiio cum viro rem habuit; & max-ime probabile videtur, quod inflatis Mulieribus instante coitus. Spirituseo tunc temporis affatim affluentes Effluvia aliquot a Semine Virili attrax-erunt, Sanguinifque Masse &c deinceps Ovis Uterinis Fxcunditatem com-municarunt

Nota, quod non obstante hac Clausura frequenter per Menses purgata e-rat antequam Utere concepit.

CXI 1 I. i. Margaret Mathew, Wife of John Puget, Shearman, (at or ucbtU isr«r/near Tolouse) being with Child 16^2. perceived about the end of the ^th, j”

Month ol her Bcanng, such Pains as, ^Vcmen usually have, when about to vk/hsT iy pr.fall in Labour. Her Warers also broke: but no Child followed. For the ”• 15».Space of 20 Years fhe perceived this Child to stir; with many troublesome P?/S 'Symptoms accompanying : But for the 6 last Years, fhe perceived not the'Child to Move. She dy’d 18 Jun. 1678. and the next day, beingopened, a dead Child was found in her Bellj, out of the Womb , no wayjoyned or fallen’d to ir; the Head downward ; the Buttocks 'nanging to-ward the Lest fide. All the back-part of this Child was covered with theOmentum, whxh was about 2 Fingers thick, and stuck hard to diversParts of the Body of ir, not to be separated without a Knife ; which beingdone, very little Blood iflued. This Infant weighed 8 Pounds Averdu-poyse. The Scull was broken into scveral pieces. The Rrain , of theC.lour and Conüstence ot Ovntment of Roses. The Flefli Red, wheretheOmentum stuck, otherPaits Whitiss, Yellowiffl, and somewhat Livid , ex-cept the Tcngue , which had the natural Softnefs and Colour. All the In-ward Parts were difcoloured with a Blackilhnesi, exccpt the Hean, whichwas Red; and without any issuing Blood. The Forehead, Ears, E)es, andNose, were covered with a Callous Substance, as thick as the breadth of aFinger. The Gums being cut the Teeth appeared in the Adultnesi of thosein grown Persöns. The Body had no bad Smell, though kept 2 days outVol. III. F f ^ of