ers, Surgeon to His Majefty. LONDON: ... Printed for J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane. THE PREFACE T O T H E READER. HE following Sheets contain a fhort , and fair , Narrative of the Obfervations 1 made at Guil¬ ford, concerning the Woman of Godlyman in Surrey, whofe uncommon Tie- liveries are now become the general Talk cf the Town. It is drawn up with all pof- fible Candour ; and the Facts , whether feen or tranfaUed by me , faithfully Jlated y and a al- PREFACE. altogether agreeable to the Report I had tbt Honour to make to his Majefty immediately # upon my Return from thence. I had no T boughts at firjl to appear with it inRrint ; but being call'd upon in fo publick a man- ner, 1 could not, in jufiice to my own Repu¬ tation, deny that Gentleman as publick a Satisfaction. Let the Event of this Affair be what it will, I dare appeal to every ju¬ dicious and impartial Reader, whetherl had not fnfjffcient Reafon to fnfpeCt a Fraui and Impofture, and whether 1 could net upon very good Grounds venture to declare it openly, as I will not deny to have done ., / was very much furprizd to find, at the latter End of the Narrative publifh'd l] Mr. St. Andre, feveral Affidavits concerning me, and my Conduit at Guilford j none in¬ deed tending to prove the Truth of what was attejled in the Narrative itfelf, but all purely leveltd at my Character and Reputa¬ tion. By the following Account, which I do here moji folemnly declare to be true in every preface. very Particular, having averted nothing herein , hut what I can take upon me, and yhat 1 my felf faw, heard, or tranfaUed , t will appear , that it agrees in fome Par¬ ticulars with the Ttepofitions mention'd cl¬ ove •, but greatly differs in others. I mu ft ’■an, that it grieved me to find fo many ap- arent Untruths therein [were to j feveral of yhich-, for being too trifling, 1 forbear men- ■ 'oning at prefent r Put it is abfolutely ne- •ffary that I Jhould clear up two Points, oon which both the officious Gentlemen , who, it of a tender , though undeferved, Regard r the Vindication of my Char adder, were 'eafed to procure the Affidavits aforefaid, nd to fubjoin them to their Narrative, and m which the Perfons that fwore to the if ruth thereof feem to have laid the greatefl v trefs of their Evidence. Thefe are , I. My tilling Mr. Tho. Howard, That I Extrac- , sed the Loins and Inferior Parts of the Rab- ;3t, which I brought away from Mary Toft ut of the Uterus. II. My Refnfal to ay at Guilford, to take away the Reft of a 2 the preface. the Parts of the aforefaid Rabbet, Mo very much prel&d both by Mr. J. and Mr. Tk Howard. As to the fir ft of theft twRms, which, in the Correct ed Edition of the Nar¬ rative, was expreffed in Capital Letters ,» is ft eery abfurd and ridiculous, that it ftarce needs any Reply at all. Was In frost, that I did make nfe of theft m, ExpreJlmes, which Mr. Howard /wears did, would it have done the Cauft an, pie Surely, it would be an iuexcvfable ‘Pre/tnef tion in me to imagine, that the 'Pem field believe a Thing, for no other Redo, 'but becaufe 1 beliedd, and fa,d ft. U sot deny, but that at Guilford Ibehtmlj Pelf all along, like one who was perfeo, fa-isfied of the Matter: 1 bad vet,(d Reaftns for ft doing s and was not <#» w own it upon my Return. Rut as u * Terms in Mr. Howards Jtfidavit , 1 aver that 1 never Jo much as thou,efff. them, till 1 found them in ‘Print. Jfa* had no manner of Reafon^ no private 0 r' V_" PREFA C E. ■ iior indeed any Motive at dll-, thdt could 1 induce me to difguife my Conduct, I flatter I wyjelf, that I jb dll be allow'd in juft ice, at leajl fo much Credit and 'Belief as Peo- i pie can f retend to, who, when once con- ‘ cern'd in an Impofture , will venture every thing to go through with it. sis to the fe~ : cond Point, My Refufal to flay at Guilford, ■ till the Woman was deliver'd of the remain- in? Parts of the fifteenth Rabbet, Part ‘l ^hereof 1 had extracted in the Morning, 1 this is Something more material ; and infinu- ' ates plainly, as if the Rabbet, which 1 ’ brought to Wiwn with me, and which I had • the Honour to fhew to his Majefiy, and af- h upwards to feveral Per (on s of Note and ' DiJHnation, was not come away from the Woman during my Stay at Guilford. Ehei e 5l? being no Mention made of this Particular !: in the Evidence of the Women, lwillcon- ' fine my [elf to the Affidavit of Mr. John, ' !,:i and Mr. Tho. Howard. 1 do fnppofe, in the fir ft Place, that thefie two Gentlemen made PREFACE. made proper Allowances, for that the Ex- duff on of Mr. Brand, whom Mr. John How¬ ard would not fujffer to come with me into the 'Patient's Room, depriv'd me of a pro¬ per Witnefs, to attejl what pajl on both fides. This was moji certainly a Hardfbip upon me, and, beyond all doubt, done with fome finijler View. The Intention of theft Affidavits, and indeed the neceffary Confe- quences, evidently tending to an indirect, Accufation, not only of a grofs Impojhire , for which, were 1 guilty of it, I ought to be feverely punifhed; but, moreover, of a notorious Preach of Faith to the King my Mafler, for which 1 Jlmild defervedly incur his utmoft Ttifpleafure, my Honour and Re¬ putation call loudly for Redrefs and Satis¬ faction, which I (hall endeavour to obtain in the mcjl publick and ample manner. 1 could, indeed, in my own 'Defence, pre¬ viously infifi upon the very Improbability of the Thing I could alledge the Character of a Man of Honefty and Probity, which l have k PREFACE. have hitherto bore , and hope to preferve a- mong all thofe I have the Honour to be ac¬ quainted withal, and which hath mad e me not unworthy to be employ'd in his Ma¬ yfly's Service ,• but I Jkall purpcfely avoid theje, and the like Proofs , being able to pro¬ duce others ftill (Ironger, to evince the con¬ trary i I mean , the joint Evidence of Mr. Brand, who was with me at Guilford, and r Mr. Ziegler, who lives with Mr. Jagers the in Kings Apothecary , and who are both ready nto atteft upon Oath , the firft, that in his ■■Prefence Mr. Howard inform d me of the ■■ Delivery of the Head ; that 1 begg'd , and i obtain d it of him •, that I put it up with the other Parts , and that I enquir'd after ::the Inteflines and Feet: [he fecond , that ■ on Tuefday Evening he deliver'd a Mejfage to me from Mr. Howard, informing me of the Delivery of the [eventeenth Rabbet, and \ufequefling me to fend back mine , being the Sixteenth, according to Promife. After alh ■ if my Endeavours have been any ways fer- i vice able. preface. V jceable, to find out the Truth of this Mat¬ ter, I find think them well lefiowed ; and as to the reft, genermfly overlook the fern- dalous Jfperfions, and malicious Infinnatim of fome Perfons, of whom I had no reafm to J ; expett fuch Ufage. J,„' CVRIACUS AhLERS. • P 0 S T- POSTSCRIPT. iL iy M Onfieur St. Andre having alferted LV1 in his Narrative ( pag. 20.) bat all the Fa&s, as by him there elated, were verified before His Ma¬ dly on Saturday , Nov. 26. Dr. Stei- ertbal and Dr. Teijjier being prefent, was defired by Dr. Steigerthal ,, to jiform the Publick in his Name, that i e a11 aIon g fufpedled this whole Af- ur to be a Fraud and Impofture, and r as far from thinking the compara- v e Anatomy, which is there men* ■ond by Mr. St. Andre , any ways fa- isfa&ory to verifie his Alfertions. Cyriacus Ahlers. Decemb. 8.1725. I SOME OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING ’he Woman of GOD LTMA N,8 >Zc. N Saturday, Nov. 19. 172 6. I went, with his Majetty’s Leave, to Guilford, there to enquire into the Condi- on of the Woman, who was faid to ave been delivered of fifteen Rabbets, nd to inform my felf of all the Cir- umftances of this uncommon Event, 1 order to make my Report to His Ma¬ dly. I fet out that Afternoon at A Four i [ * ] Four of the Clock, in Company with Mr. Brand, a Relation of Mr. Ja^er, the King’s Apothecary. We lay at ; Cobbam, and did not reach Guilford till Sunday the 20th, at Ten in the Morn¬ ing. We took our Lodgings at the White-Hart, where we did not flay a- bove a quarter of an Hour : For the Drawer, who faid, he was juft come from Mr. Howard, informing us, that he was at Home, we went ftrait to his Koufe. As we came in they told us, that he would be with us prefently; but about half an Hour after they fail, that he was gone to drefs the Mayor of the Town. After we had been waiting full three quarters of an Hour, he at laft came to us, drefs’d in his Night-gown ; and having been told by me, by vvhofe Leave I came, and about what Bufinefs, he informed me in pre* fence of Mr. Brand, that the Woman had C 3 ] ,had been already delivered of fifteen ^Rabbets, and was juft now fallen in La¬ bour of a fixteenth. We had been told at the Inn, that I'hey heard Mr. Howard fay, that the labbet had not been perceiv’d to leap, D .,s it ufually did, for about fix Hours; ,:'Ut Mr. Howard himfelf allur’d us, that t had left off leaping ever fince Satur- . 'ay Ten of the Clock in the Morning, . nd that he prefumed it muft be dead ; .jnce that Time. Hereupon we went to the Woman’s edging, which was over-againft Mr. Howard’s Houfe, who would not fuffer iy Companion to come into the Room r here the Patient was, for fear, as he ; .ud, that too much Company Ihould £ :ighten her; for which Reafon alfo he ^rder d the Nurfe to fee, that the Door f aight be well fatten’d, and to fuffer 0 bod y to come in : Neverthelefs, a A 2 little [ 4 ] little while after, feveral Women went % in and out, as they pleafed. The li Door being lock’d, the Nurfe told us, 4 that theSkin dropp’d down from her juft .i now. Mr. Howard thereupon examin’d k the Patient, whom we found fitting in . a narrow Elbow-Chair. I was pre - hi paring to do the lame \ but was pre* fc vented by Mr. Howard , who faid, k i would let me know when it was con* , venient. The Nurfe, in the mean time, at . our Defire, Ihew’d us the Skin, laid in a Bafon. I touch d it, and found it to feel fomething warm, a littlemoift round the Border ; but every where elfe dry ; and the Hair appeared fmooth and even. Upon unfolding it, I could difeern fome fmall Blood-Vefifels on the iniide; but found not the leal Drop of Blood, nor any Appc aranci of Water or Membranes. It f‘ lie “ very [ 5 ] : very frefh, like the Skin of a wild Rabbet, juft ftripp’d. I asked Mr. How¬ ard , how it was poflible for the Rabbet to have been thus ftripp’d of its Skin in the Womans Belly ; to which he anfwered, He apprehended, that it muft be owing to the violent Prellion of the Womb againft the Os Pubis. The Pa- i-tient, who continued all the while fit* «i ting in her Elbow-Chair, with her Stays on, was now defired by Mr. Howard to it walk a little about the Room. I found Si her Pulfe very eafy and quiet, without £ the lcaft Appearance of any feverifh h Diforder : There was little or no Swel- fli ling in her Belly, which, 1 muft own, 11 furpriz’d me very much. I likewife \ examin’d her Breafts, which I found ft relax’d, without any Hardnefs in the t: Glands, and no Milk in them; only ; upon fqueezing, a little clear Serum came out, fcarce enough to wet the tip C«] tip of my Finger. I asked, whether the Swelling of her Belly had ever been greater : And was anfwered by the Nurfe, That all along it had been much at one ; only that fometimes a little Swelling was obferv’d about the Stomach, which quickly difappeared a* gain. I ask’d the Patient herfelf fome Queftions ; but could obtain no An* fwers from her: And Mr. Howard faid, he would take care to inform me ful¬ ly of every Circumftance relating to her Cafe. I obferv’d her with fome Attention, as fhe was walking about the Room, and found that Ihe prefs’d her Knees and Thighs clofe together, as if fhe was afraid fomething might drop down, which lhe did not care to lofe. Not long after lhe pretended to fall in Labour, and behaved herfelf in the following manner : She Hood with her Knees clofe together againft the Seat [ 7 ] Seat of an ordinary Chair, and holding the upper Part of it faft with her Hands, (he began to fquall and roar, and to move the upper Parts of her Body in a very ftrange Manner, twilling it from one iide to another. I could not help ng . 1 wondering at her prefling her Knees fo clofe together, and not choofing ra¬ ther to keep them afunder, to make way for the Birth ; but doubtlefs Ihe knew belt, what Pofture was the molt iT' advantageous for her lingular Deli- i\ very. Mr. Howard and I, in the mean time, converting together, and the Difcourfe happening to turn upon Subje&s, which made us laugh, the Patient laugh’d very heartily with us, which I thought fo extraordinary for a Wo¬ man in her Condition, that I could not forbear looking at Mr. Howard, ~ who, in her Excufe, told me, that Ihe had [ 8 J J had an excellent Conftitution, and did ' not matter her Labour-pains, a$ foon t as they were over. Her Pulfe conti- ■ nued all the while pretty eafy and '■ quiet, excepting only, that when {he m had been in Agitation for fome time, e it went a little quicker. She was notf \t ordered by Mr. Howard to fit down % again in her Elbow-Chair, upon which * he examin’d her, and fat himfelf down i oppofite to her upon another Chair, i» in a Pofture which appeared to me ve* ry uncommon, and indeed not a little « SufpicioUs : He made her put her Legs between his, and with his Knees he prefs’d hers clofe together. There was a Imall Charcoal-fire lighted in the Room, and they were both fitting hard by the Chimney, after fucha manner, that it was impoffible for me to obferve diftin&ly what they were doing, and in particular to mind the Motions to, Motions of Mr. Howard's right Hand, t was now about a Quarter before Twelve, when the Woman fell into relh Labour-pains, beginning a* new to :ry out very ftrangely. Mr. Howard ontinued all the while to keep her Cnees clofe together ; and holding his lead againfl: hers, he took her Hands nto his, whilft Ihe Hooping with her • iead forwards, pufti’d her Back againft he Back of the Chair with fuch Vio- ence, that I was forc’d to hold the Chair to prevent its going over. She repeated the fame afterwards at two or rhree different Times. Thofe Pains Deing gone off, Mr. Howard examin’d her again, and then fuffer’d me to do the fame, which accordingly I did. Upon touching her, I prefently per¬ ceived fome broken Bones, and advan¬ cing with my Finger, I difcover’d a B flelhy flefhy Body, which with the Bones ' l flood a little way out of the Orifice 2 of th t Vagina. The Vagina wasftrong- ' ly contra&ed, clofely embracing the Body, which prefented itfelf, and which I conje&ur’d to be the hind Part of a Rabbet, fl ripp’d of the Skin. ; The extreme Drynefs of the Parts, the ftrong Contraction of the Vagm, and the Apprehenfion I was under, left the Fore-Part fhould be in the fame Condition with that I felt, made me proceed with fome Caution, infomuch that I refolved rather to wait the Re¬ turn of new Labour-pains, than by ufing any Violence, to tear and to in¬ jure the Vagina. Having retired for thefe Reafons, Mr. Howard ask’d me, whether I would not extraCl it; and upon my anfwering, No, he offer’d to make it eafier for me, pretending, that [«« 3 i^rhat his Fingers were flenderer than •mine: Accordingly he examin’d her, ;ind prefently delir’d me to touch her again, which I did, and found the -Body abovelaid advanced a little way ; [hut when I laid hold of it, the Vagina [•contra&ed itfelf fo ftrongly, that it fnapp’d back again full the Breadth of , a Finger. Upon this I would have de¬ bited a fecond Time; but Mr. Howard • oblerving it, urg’d me in ftrong Terms to proceed. So I took hold again, and to my furprize drew it out with all imaginable Eafe. I found it to be only the hind Part of a Rabbet bent in a fingular manner, and again without the leaft Drop of Blood, or any Moi- fture. I was in no fmall Surprize at : what I had hitherto feen and tranf- : afted; and being previoufly told by Mr. Howard , that the Head and fecond Part B 2 were were dill behind, I would fain have s examin’d her farther, to look for them; but Mr. Howard would not per* mit it, faying, That he would deliver her of what was left, himfelf; in or* : der to which he fat himfelf down be* i fore her in the Pofture above defcrib’d. I was very much ftartled at this; and t the Woman foon falling into frelh La* : bour-pains, I very earneftly renew’d my Inftances ; telling him, that to fearch her now Ihe was in Labour, would beffc enable me to judge what Condition the Womb and its Orifice were in, and where the remaining Parts of the Rabbet lay. But he remain’d conftant in his Denial, and with a fudden high Colour in his Face, an* fwer’d me, By no Means ; alledging, that Mr. St. Andre himfelf had examin’d her but twice, and that therefore I [ >3 ] light to be fatisfied with having ex- rafted part of it my felf. By this Time I began to conceive a iolent Sufpicion of the whole Matter ; at thought fit to conceal it, having bfolv’d to behave my felf all along, ke one, who had no Reafon to be sHlatisfied. Nay, I feigned a great irlompaiTion for the Woman’s Cafe, tifhich gave Mr. Howard an Opportune¬ ly to reprefent to me, that I could : ot but obferve, what pains he mull 5 lave been at, and ftill took, and what jcjhe poor Woman had fuffered ; and r:iat he hoped His Majefty would be o gracious, when all was over, as to vive them a Penfion, there being ma- ,}.y that had Penfions, who did not de- ^rve them. I promifed him, that I /ould not fail in my Report to His Majefty, [ «4 ] Majefty, to remember them in the bed Manner I could. The Woman having, in the mean time, overcome another l of her pretended Pains, Mr. Homri examin’d her a good while ; when of j a fudden ftarting and making an Out¬ cry, he a Ik’d, Did I hurt you ? And {he anfwer’d. Yes. A little while af- L ter new Pains following, Mr. Homri\i faid, he hop’d the remaining Part would now Ihortly prefent itfelf, wherein alfo he was not difappointed; for not long after he deliver’d her of it, and prefented it to me. I found it to be the Fore-part of a Rabbet, looking a little redder than the hind Part, which I had brought away from her, otherwife without any Appearance of Blood and Water, fomething warm to the Touch, and fmelling very frefh like a wild Rabbet, ftripp’d of its Skin but [ 1 5 ] nit a little while ago. There was nothing remaining but the Head, In- ellines, and Feet. 4 .; ; Much about this Time Mr. Howard iVas fent for to Dinner ; but I defir’d hat he would ftay till the Woman vas deliver’d of the remaining Parts, : .nd then dine with me at the Inn, which he confented .to. i. • f, This gave me an Opportunity of • 'ending for my Companion, under oretext of ordering the Dinner ; but when he came into the Room, I de¬ sired him in High-German , to mind what Pofture both Mr. Howard and the ^Patient were in, being that above de- tfcrib’d, and then gave him, in EngliJIj, -Orders, to provide a Dinner for us. Having ail along exprefs’d a great Con¬ cern [««] cern for the Woman’s Condition, Mr. Howard and Ihe, after fome other Pains, and before the Delivery of the Head, laugh’d very heartily, as did alfo the Nurfe; tho’ I did not fee that they had any Reafon for fo doing, unlefs it was to divert themfelves with my feigned Compalfion. This Piece of Diverfion, and fome other Pains being over, Mr. Homi defir’d the Woman to lie down, which Ihe did accordingly, and was then to all Appearance pretty eafy. About Two of the Clock I alk’d Mr. Howard , whether he would go to Dinner ; but he faid, it was time e- nough ; and that if we ftaid a little longer fhe would be, perhaps, deliverd ©f the Head. About [ *7 ] fi About half an Hour afrer (during hkh Time, Mr. Howard fat by the ^atient’s Bed-fide, and fometimes flip- rated her Knees) perceiving, that the tyfead was not in any forwardnefs, we ^ent to Dinner. At Dinner Mr .How- rd told me, that the Woman was a reat Lover of fait Beef, and that ®nth my Leave he would fend her bme ; accordingly Ihe had a good ®*iece fent her, tho’ it happen’d to be Pretty hard, and was very much falt- :d. od We had not been long at Dinner, iDUvvhen Mr. Howard’s elder Brother, whom si had feen before in the Patient’s aiiftoom, came in. I delir’d him to lit s,down with us ; and the Difcourfe quickly falling on the Woman’s Cafe* [»*] I renew’d tny Promifes to remember 3 them all in my Report to His Majefty . 11 Soon after, Mr. Howard, Jun. being fent for, went away, faying, he would come again prefently, leaving his Bro¬ ther with me. Altho’ I at firft intended to flay or three Days, yet confidering what s had pafl, and refle£ling in parti¬ cular upon the repeated Denials of Mr. % Howard, Jun. that I fhould not ex- k amine the Patient any more, I found '« that it would be to no purpofe to con- 'it tinue there longer. • ■ • However, I flill thought it bell to f conceal my Sufpicion, and therefore complain’d of a violent Head - achy* which, I faid, made me defirous to re- ^ turn to London with all poflible Speed, isi Accordingly [ l 9 ] -Accordingly I order’d the Coach to be .'got ready. Mr. Howard, , Sen. continu¬ ing to keep me Company at Table, I Kfould not altogether forbear dropping b l few Words of the Surprize I was in, »vith regard, in particular, to the Dry- ids of the Woman’s Delivery, and |:he Unwillingnefs of his Brother to j 5 -et me touch and examine her, after jj he Delivery of the hind Part of the [Rabbet, which I extracted my felf ; K ,ut he anfwer’d, that he did not j now what Reafon his Brother had to :: en y me this Satisfaction. Mr. Howard , Jun. not returning ac¬ cording to his Promife, I went ftraight tjvOhis Houfe, with his Brother and jjdr. Brand ; but not finding him at dome, and being willing to give the £ Ionian fomething, we went up all C 2 together [ *>] together to her Chamber, and found Mr. Howard, Jun. with her, who told me, as foon as we came into the Room, i that he had juft now deliver’d her of * the Head ; which he gave me to feel, it being pretty duskilh, and as yet no ;d Light in the Room. It felt warm,® ^nd was a little Moift. '' In I forgot to mention, that before we went to Dinner, I defir d Mr. , to let me take the Skin, with the Fore and Hind-part of the Rabbet, along ? with me, to fhew them to His Maje*i fly, which at firft he would not con-n fent to : But having promifed him that;! I would take care to fend them back again, he permitted me to take them, and fo I put them up in an Ox’s;! Bladder, which I had fent for, and turn’d the Inlide out. I now beg d likewife [*«] likewife the Head of him, and put it up with the reft, in Prefence of Mr. Brand , who was this Time fuffer’d to come in. I then told Mr. Howard of my In¬ tention to return to London , and gave the Woman fomething. But before I went away, I deftr’d Mr. Howard to ii lhew me fome of the Things, which he had brought away from the Wo¬ man before. He produced feveral Pie¬ ces, which I look’d over in fome hafte, being unwilling to ftay much longer, i However, I ask’d what was become of ('■the Stomach and fmaller Guts, to s which he anfwer’d, that he did not mind and preferve them. I likewife i ask’d after the Guts and Feet of the Rabbet I was taking with me: To ,■ which he replied, that he fancy’d they [«] were fallen to the Ground, and got under our Feet. He fhew’d me among other Pieces, the Back of a pretty large Rabbet, wherein finding fome Parts of the Inteflinum ReSium remain¬ ing, with Pellets of hard Excrements in it, I delir’d he would let me have one; upon which he took one out with a Pin, and prefented it to me in a Box, faying, that he had given the like to Mr. St. Andre , and Mr. Moly- neux. He alfo read fome Papers of his to me, concerning the Woman’s Cafe, from the beginning of her Ill- nefs, which being pretty well known in Town, I did not much attend to. I took my Leave of the two Brothers, and left Guilford about Five in the Evening, with Mr. Brand. We lay at Cob bam, and came to Town on Monday about One of the Clock, when I re¬ pair’d , it id a % f i [ 2 3 ] pair’d forthwith to Kenfington , to make my Report to His Majefty by Word of Mouth. Before I proceed to the Defcription of the feveral Parts of the Rabbet, which I took along with me, it may not be amifs to take Notice, that on Tuesday Evening, being at Mr. Jagerh Houfe, Mr. Ziegler , his Man, who had been at Guilford that Day, deliver’d a MelTage to me from Mr. Howard , to Jet me know, that fince my Departure fte had been deliver’d of another, and that he believ’d, ihe would have no more. He withal defir’d me, as foon aS P° ^ to ^nd back the Rabbet, according to my Promife; which I Wou d have certainly done, if I had not receiv’d Commands not to part Wl th it till further Orders. For £ t 2 4 ] E8©skm* For the Satisfaction of the Publick , I will ■- here fubjoin the Anatomical Defcription *« of the feveral Parts of the Sixteenth it Rabbet , which I brought with me to si| Town. jrc T HE Skin, as it lay extended, , was eight Inches long, and four ; and a half broad, where broadeft, un- , equally torn with many Holes up and down, and feveral Pieces of Fat, par- j ticularly about the Extremities* ;j The Head was four Inches and a V half long, from the Nofe to the Extre* mity of the Ears, and cover’d with the Skin, all over, except a fmall Bit, which fhould have cover’d part of the lower Jaw, but was tore off. The [ z 5 ] V3 The firft Vertebra of the Neck was luxated, and the Mufcles about it la¬ cerated ; but the third Vertebra was cut in the Middle ; the tranfverfe ProcelTes between the firft and third Vertebra broke off, with the Mukles round it, the Marks of a {harp Inftru- ment appearing very plainly. The Fore-part was two Inches three Quarters along the Back-bone ; there was fome part of the Abdominal Muf- fcles left, which I found ripp’d open lengthways : The Diaphragm was in its proper Situation, doling the Cavity of the Thorax ; but I found it neceffary to open it, to look for the Heart and Lungs, which I did in Prefence of Dr. Steigertbal. I found the Foramen Ovale as yet open ; and having took the Lungs out and laid them in Water, they fwam on the Surface ; there was D fome fome part of the CEfopbagus left, moft fo of the Ribs were broke along the ¥&• . jfm tebra of the Back on both Sides, and R fome of them in two Places, and the ia| Mufcles about the Fraftures lacerated y.m the Ligaments of the Vertebra were 1^ very much diftended, and the Spina ^ Dorfi itfelf broke in two Places. Some ^ of the external Mufcles were likewife ;I j tore, and the right Scapula a little fe-'J para ted from the Ribs : Part of the : right Fore-leg was broke off, and the ^ Remainder of the Ulna and Radius Rood out in two large Shivers ; the ^ Mufcles thereabouts were tore. On | the left Side, the Radius and Ulna were entirely wanting, and even the lower Part of the Os Humeri cut off, with : fome fharp Inffrument, as it appeared^ very plain, - 7 Two Two of the falfe Ribs were left with the Vertebra of the Loins, which were very vifibly cut off from the ffift, 5 with a fharp Inftrument, and all the Ligaments of the Vt?rtebr an< i they had been cut tranfverfe- :Iti! iy. All the Abdominal Contents were «l wanting, except the Urinary and Parts ll ; of Generation, with about two Inches of the Inteflinum ReBum. I found fe- 5i veral Pellets of hard Excrements, two of which I took out, in Prefence of 113 ^ r * Amy and^ and obferv’d fmall Bits . of Hay, Straw and Corn in them; ,'fome Fat appeared in feveral Parts; f the right Hind-leg was out off near the Articulation, with the Bones of the Tarfus, and a fmall Bit 1 of Tj r *« ] * of Skin was left there. There was likewife Part of the left Leg chopp’d off, juft a-crofs the Bones of the Tar- fas', the Tail was entire, foraewhat a* bove two Inches long, and almoft co- j vered with the Skin.