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 1 3|    determines the closure of the os and the stay of the foetus
 2 3|         midwives palpate it, the os is found to be closed, whilst
 3 3|      these things occur - if the os closes apart from inflammation
 4 3|        to the time of labour the os uteri will not admit so
 5 3| philosophers to declare that the os uteri closes during pregnancy
 6 3|        eliminative) faculty, the os opens, whilst the whole
 7 3|          near as possible to the os, expelling the embryo as
 8 3|         the foetus is alive, the os uteri is closed with perfect
 9 3|    accuracy, but if it dies, the os at once opens up to the
10 3|          begins by palpating the os as it gradually dilates,
11 3|        accurately shut, like the os uteri on the foetus. ~ In