Jos. Burtt Mayor.
James Cliffton.
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.
Tho. Howard.
Jur. vicesimo septimo die Novembris Anno Reg. Regis Geo. &c. 13. Anno Domini, 1726. coram
Jos. Burtt Mayor.
James Cliffton.