A short narrative of an extraordinary delivery of rabbets, perform'd [on Mary Toft] by Mr. John Howard surgeon at Guilford.

  • St. André, Nathanael, 1680-1776.
Date:
1727
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A short narrative of an extraordinary delivery of rabbets, perform'd [on Mary Toft] by Mr. John Howard surgeon at Guilford. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ( 3° ) 'rolled up like Parchment j when it was extended, it meafured about lix Inches over. The next Morning, as 1 was packing up fome of the Rab bets to bring to Town with me, Mi. Howard was Tent for over, and Mr. UAnten'), Dr. Hampe, and my felf attended him. We found her in ex- quifite Torture, and after feven or eight Minutes, fhe was again disbur- then’d of a Membrane, in Strudlure, Shape and Size exadly like the for¬ mer. This was the firft part that I faw come from her with fome eflufion of Blood. She did not feem in the lead reliev’d after this Operation, herPulfe continu’d irregular, her Tongue white, and her Urine deeply ftained with a Mucus: and livid Blood. % Mr.