In 1809 Dr. P. J. Stryker of Somerset, New Jersey, asked the editor of the Philadelphia Medical Museum this question.1On the_day of_I was requested to visit Mrs. F. in labour. Her pains [were] regular and of sufficient force, the os tincae [was] handsomely dilated, and much water [was] protruding the membranes; in the intervals between the pains [I] endeavoured to ascertain what part of the child presented; but could only satisfy myself that the presentation was not natural. I determined to introduce my hand, break the membranes, take advantage of the abundance of water to examine more accurately the part presenting, and then act agreeably to the exigencies of the case. The presenting part was, in fact, what must be termed the head, and the child was delivered with much facility: it proved an uncommonly large female, and, at the instant after delivery, lively and strong; in so much that, before I had time to reflect, [I] feared it would survive. The whole of the part of the cranium or brain case with its usual contents, which is naturally covered with hairy scalp, was absolutely wanting, and the foramen magnum occipitis covered with a bloody excrescence; its face and every other part perfectly formed. It lived, perhaps, three or four minutes, rolling its large full eyes about most part of the time. This was Mrs. F.'s fourth child; all daughters.Mr. F. was a gentleman of uncommon vivacity, and frequently, during Mrs. F.'s pregnancy, when he came in her room and found no third person present, would walk up to her, seize her cranium with his fingers extended, and observe humorously, "that if she presented him with another daughter instead of a son, thus he would pinch it in the head."
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机译：1809年，新泽西州萨默塞特市的P. J. Stryker博士向费城医学博物馆的编辑问了这个问题。1在那天，我被要求去劳动中拜访F.太太。她的疼痛有规律并有足够的力量，os tincae大大地扩张了，大量的水从膜上突出了。在两次疼痛之间的间隔中[I]努力确定孩子表现出的那部分;但只能令自己感到满意的是，演讲自然而然。我决定介绍我的手，弄破膜，利用大量的水来更准确地检查所呈现的部分，然后根据情况紧急采取行动。实际上，展示部分是必须被称为头部的东西，并且孩子被分派了很多便利：它被证明是一个不寻常的大女性，并且在分娩后的那一刻活泼而结实。以至于在我没有时间进行反思之前，[我]担心它会生存下去。头盖骨或脑壳的整个部分，其通常的内容，自然覆盖着多毛的头皮，绝对是需要的，而大孔枕骨则覆盖着血性的腐烂。它的脸和其他所有部分都完美地形成了。它大概生活了三到四分钟，在大部分时间里它都睁大了大眼睛。这是F太太的第四个孩子。所有的女儿F.是位举止不凡的绅士，经常在F.夫人怀孕期间，当他进入她的房间，发现没有第三者在场时，他会走到她身边，用手指伸出来抓住她的头盖骨，并观察幽默地说：“如果她给他带来另一个女儿而不是儿子，那么他会把它捏在头上。”
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