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![I [ 29 ] circiimftanc^s not likely to promote it, either from the Hull or dexterity of the operator. To what this difference of refult is owing, whether to a difference of climate or to othei* caufes, does not now appear to be of much moment, fince, from the able manner in which the fubjedl has been treated by Doctor 'Ofborn, it w^ould feem to be unjuftifiable during the life of the mother. Relative to this woman it may be obferved, Uiat fhe w'as five months gone with child at the fecond, and between two and three months at the time of the firft operation; clearly evincing that the operation of the paracen- tifis may be performed, in the early montlis of pregnancy, to relieve urgent fymptoms, with perfe(5t fafety. A fa61 of great pradtical import, confidered in relation either to the mother or child; for if, in addition to the diftention of the abdomen by water, the w’omb lliould go on increafing to the full period of geftation, a rupture might be apprehended; and from the continual prelTure on the womb, it is not unlikely that abortion or premature labour would be produced. An additional hazard will be incurred alfo by the mother, from the diftention preventing the diaphragm and](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28042499_0008_0047.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
