Details of case and post-mortem of two women by Mr William Bromfield, Surgeon 1st case - post-mortem occurred on 16 March 1738-9 to a woman who suffered from constipation and was lame (notes in margin say that a cyst in the pelvis was filled with chalk, and that the lameness was due to lack of head in the femur) 2nd case - post-mortem occurred on 6 May 1739 to a woman who had had a foetus in her womb for nine years Read to the Royal Society on 17 May 1739 1739