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_Guilford_ in Com’ _Surrey_. ss.
_Thomas Howard_ of _Guilford_ in the County of _Surrey_ Surgeon,
maketh Oath, That on _Sunday_ the twentieth Day of this instant Month
of _November_, this Deponent went to see the poor miserable Woman _Mary
Toft_, about three of the Clock in the Afternoon, where he found in her
Chamber one Mr. _Ahlers_, a Surgeon, who told this Deponent he was come
to see her the said Woman, and that he was ordered by his Majesty to
attend her till ’twas all over. That the said Mr. _Ahlers_ himself, in
the aforesaid Chamber, shewed this Deponent the Loins and inferior Parts
of a Rabbet, which he told this Deponent HE EXTRACTED HIMSELF OUT OF THE
UTERUS. That this Deponent asked him what his Opinion was in this Case,
to which he answered, and told this Deponent, HE WAS FULLY CONVINCED AND
SATISFIED THAT IT CAME OUT OF THE UTERUS. That then the Deponent asked
him, if ’twas possible it could be forced or thrust into the _Uterus_;
to which his Answer was, No. That after this Deponent was with him at
the _White-Hart Inn_ in _Guilford_, and there Mr. _Ahlers_ repeated part
of what he had said before. That this Deponent there pressed him very
much to stay all Night, to take away all the rest of the Parts of the
aforesaid Rabbet: Upon which he said he had a Giddiness, and a turning
round in his Head, with a Pain on his Neck and Shoulders, and a soreness
of his Throat, which made him very uneasy, and that he was resolved to go
back to _London_. That the said Mr. _Ahlers_ gave the Woman Money, and
told her he would procure her a Pension, and so took his leave of her.
And this Deponent saith, that the said Mr. _Ahlers_ went from _Guilford_
about five of the Clock in the Afternoon.