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Nipplesof her Breasts, small hard Substances fhoot our, rmrth flenderer andwhiter than the rest; at each Ear also grows a Horn i the Skin of herKeck does of late begin to turn Callous and Horny, like that of her Handsand Feet. She Eats and Drinks heartily, Sleeps soundly, and performs alithe Officesof Nature, like other healthy Peopso» except that fhe never had theEvacuation proper to her Sex.

2. In May 1678, at the Hospital at Parts call’d La Charite, I saw a tABoy in Fr»nceYoung Lad of Brie between r 9 and 20 Years Old, who had upon the Endsof all his Fingers, as it were Horns grew out; one whereof, upon the mid- ur. Locke.’»,die Finger of his Right-hand, was 310 Grys long, and 1 30 Grys circumfe- 23 °' f J94 ~rence. He told me, he had one formerly on his Thumb, much biggcr andlonger than this, but it was now very Ihort. The like grew also upon thsToes of his Feet, only excepting the two small Toes of each Foot, wherethere were now none, and upon 3 of them there never had been; upon the4th there had been one, but it having fallen off abouttf Months fince, cameno more, but lest the Nail very little different from Natural. This HornySubstance grew not out of the End of the Fingers, but was as it were athickning of the Nail, which instead of growing out inlength increasod inthickness; but roso not up straight in a Perpendicular Line to the Finger, butas it augmented bended forwards, and fo grew somewhat into the fhape of aBird'sClaw, but that it was not taper and fharp like that, but blunt at theend, and almost ofthe fame bignefs all along, and füll of pretty decp Chapsin theConvex part, but the Concave was withoutany. He had no senso inthe Horny Part it solf,but that Part where it Joyns to the Flefh is very sensibleand tender. There are also in several parts of the back of his Hands Hor-ny Excrtscencies, forne pretty broad, and others lefs, but none rising much»bove the Skin; but they look there, those that are broad, like flat butvery broad Watts; but totheTouch they seel much harder.

This Diseafe began about 3 Years before, aster having had the Small-Pox. His Food was the ulual Food of the' Country. He has beenpurged twice since he came into th e Charite-, and forne of the Horns of hisFingers begin to looscn at the Roots.

N. B. AGryistheone thoufandth part of a Phtlofiphical Foot, which is the36 part of a Pendulum of Seconds; So that 310 Grys is a little more than4 Ertgltfli Inches.

X. 1. About 43 Years since, the Body of a Woman was buried here (at ^ Bojj, asmNorimbtrgb) in a Coffinof Wood, painted (according to the Cuftom hereused) with Black. The Earth in which it was buried was dry andyellow, v™ud wWhw,

as theEanhfor the most part is near this City round about. The Corps lay fc ->.Co!.

the lowest of three in the fame Grave, there being two othpr Corps over ir. 2 ' 10 ’

Through the Clefts of the Coffin, much Hair was ttirust our,' and hadgrown very plcntifully, insomuch that ’tis believed that the whole Coffinmay for forne time have been all covered with Hair. The Cover of this Cof-fin being removed, the whole Corps appeared perfectly refembling an Hu-man Shape, exhibiting the Eyes, Note, Mouth, Ears, and all the other

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