Some observations concerning the woman of Godlyman in Surrey. Made at Guilford on Sunday, Nov. 20. 1726. : Tending to prove her extraordinary deliveries to be a cheat and imposture. / by Cyriacus Ahlers, surgeon to His Majesty.

  • Ahlers, Cyriacus
Date:
1726
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Credit: Some observations concerning the woman of Godlyman in Surrey. Made at Guilford on Sunday, Nov. 20. 1726. : Tending to prove her extraordinary deliveries to be a cheat and imposture. / by Cyriacus Ahlers, surgeon to His Majesty. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 2 7 ] Two of the falfe Ribs were left with the V:rtebrof the Loins, which were very vifibly cut off from the firft, with a {harp Inftrument, and all the Ligaments of the Vertebra very much relaxed, that it was no difficult Mat¬ ter to bend it; there was a good Part of the Abdominal Mufcles left with this, and they had been cut tranfverfe- ly. All the Abdominal Contents were wanting, except the Urinary and Parts of Generation, with about two Inches of the Inteflinum ReBum. I found fe- veral Pellets of hard Excrements, two of which I took out, in Preience of Mr. Amyand, and oblerv’d fmall Bits of Hay, Straw and Corn in them; fome Fat appeared in feveral Parts ; the Tibia of the right Hind-leg was cut oft near the Articulation, with the Bones of the Tarfus, and a fmall Bit of