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 III.Upon opening the Body of a young Country Girl, dead of a Consumption, I found her Lungs supurated in many Places, and a Stricture in the middle of the Stomach, dividing this Viscus into two Bags. This Stricture appeared to have been of some Standing, and likely to have occasioned some Difficulty in Digestion; but upon Enquiry, her Mistress and Fellow Servants said, that her Appetite and Digestions were natural, and. that she had continued in a good Plight, till upon coming to London she contracted a Cough, that had brought on the Consumption.