T A B U L A VI.
; OE T U S 3 p r ö u l ' a natura pofitus.
O m n c f h u j i . s figure partes, utero et üs qucc in co cont.ueiilur
exceptis, ciédem fere 'font cum m\ qwc, in tabula priece-
(Icnti liueis extcriòribus,.literilque jamjam cxplanatK iuut. In
hoc.tantum difcrcpant, niniirum hic vcficte urinanie pars iti^pc;
rior omnino ftiblata eft, ad foetus caput in parte uteri • mteri^
ori exlnbendura. Uteri ct fecmidarum pars anterior, una cum
placenta, omnino fublata eft. Funis umbilicalis eft dilTciffus, de-
Hiatus et in maro-inem uteri refeai riniflrorfum reftexus. Ad
iunduin uteri membrana; inveftientes etiam in marginem uteri
quo melius poiTint eonfpici inx'crfc funt. Caput-foitùs m uteri
parte inferiori, in pelvis fciliect cavo, ponitur; .corj i i s ejus precipue
in latere dcxtro jacet. Pofltio obliqua, vel ad lineam diaffonalcm
appropinquans ; unde partes poilcriores anl.rorlum.iunt
ct ad matris latus dextrum ; partes anteriores retrorfum et ad
latus finiftruni \'crfa;. Pes dexter inter femur ßniftrtim et tibiam
occurrit. Corpus, uti infantibus denuo utero exclufis plcrumque
fit, muco albo pinguiufculo fccdattim: fcilicet.hic mucu.5, ad
dorfi partem fuperiorem, ex rugis in . c o r p o r e foetus, motuque
fuo lineis interfcfla, bculis fubjicitur. Repraifentatur quoque
pars codem modo quo primum occurrebat, ne quidem vel digiti
articulo deturbato, partem altquam magis illuftrandi, aut tabulam
elegantiorcm rcddeildi gratia. •
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P L A T E VI
• f j s reprefents the child in the womb, in Us natural fitli
All the-pdrts of this figure, except the womb, and its contents, are
nearly the kmc as thoje reprejent-ed by out-lines in the fifth plate, rohere
they are lettered and explained. The only difference that here all the
iMer tart of the bladder is cut away, in order to Jhem the Jiluatwn oj
the child's head in the loxuer part of the immb. All the forepart, both
of the womb and of the fecundines, (which included the placentaj u
removed. - The navel-ßring is cut, tied, and turned to the lejtjide,
over the edge of the womb. At the fundus the inveßing membranes
are likeioife turned over'the edge'of the womb, that they might be
more apparent. The head of the child is lodged in the lower part of the
womb, or in the cavity of the peh'is ; and its body lies principally in the
riiht fide. Its pofition is diagonal or oblique: Jo that its foßenor parts
are turnedJonoards and to the right fide of the mother, and its foreparts
- are direSled backwards and to the hfl fide. Its right foot appears between
its left thigh and leg. Its body was covered with a whäe, greajy
mucus, luhich is commonlyfeen on chdilfen at their birth. This is repreknted
at the upper part of its back, where it was interfeSed with
lines from the wrinkles and motion of the child's'body. Every part is
reprefented Jufi as it was found; not fo much as one joint of a finger
having been moved to Jim any part more difiinilly, or to give a more
• piäurefque epH.
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