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ble in Hystenck Fits , &c. Again, the Ribs of tVtis Sceleto,n, thongh fixe Hithe Center, might yetbe mov d at the ends, and so the Thorax enlarged byatnuchlessStrengththan that of th cMuJcles used for that purpole ; Besides,the Diapbragm, the chitf Organ of Respiration , in this Subject was free in theacting. But itis lilcely this Person breathed ver y frort, t he quick nessof theReturns sopplytng the desect ofa large Draught of An at once : And posiiblythe Foramen Ovale might continue open, and that by it and the Anerial Cana-lis the Blood might pals from the Cava to the Aorta , but a part ofitpalfingthrough the Längs ; asl have Lately observed in a Girle of 4 or 5 Years Old, inwhom the Foramen Ovale was but half closed up,and in rhe form of a Crescent.

To this may be added another Observation of the Bones of the Thighand Leg growing together in an Adult Person, the place oftheir Joynrng beingmuch more Solid than any other part. These Bones wene so bent at the Kneeas to make an Acute Angle, yet were they without any Exostosis, Rottenneft,

Fracture, or unnatural Figure. It is more Surprizing to find the Knee, whoseMotion is free and large, to be thus United, than that of the Ribs of the Scele-ton whose Motion is obscure and scarce Sensible. Some rhought that thismight proceed from an Vlcer in the Knee : but an Ulcerous Matter is very unfitfor the joyning of the Bones together; and I have observed an 'Ulcer in theKnee making (sich Havock, that the Thigh and Leg hung together but by theSkm. TheCe Bones scemed too Sound to fuppose the Person had a WoodenLeg, which by continual Kneeling upon, might make the Bones Unite; be-sides, this Accident is no more likely to besalia Person using a Wooden Leg,than any other, since the Musculi flexores & Extensores Tibite act alternatelyirr- each Step, which is sufficient to hinder the Growing together of theJsint.

This Union of the Bones seems also to proceed from some Accident in theWomb; perhaps the Knee of this Foetus being too much bent and preis againstthe Thigh-bone was hereby United, aster the fame manner aswe have beforeexplained that of the Back bone and Ribs.

Fig. 7 6 . a a a a, bbbb, ce, The Vertebra of the Neck, Back and Osta I- Explicat,<m ->/Itum, all Joynedtogether. d d d d, Several of the Ribs mited to the Back-bone,

Fig . 77. ggg> The place where the Os Femoris and Tibia were Unitecs, F Jg . 77 1

II. 1. Nicholas Brodes, of 30 Years of Age, having been afflicted for Bony Excrer-theSpaceof toYearswith an InctttzniHead-ach, (which for the last irMonths bjT

before his Decease had been more Violent than formerly, and deprived him m. Dupre.of his Sigbt') upon the lythof March, 1697. was receivcd into the Ho- p,I 5 ? *ttl Dieu. Aster his Head was Ihaved, rhere appeared a large Tumor, whichextended it self over the Hairy Scalp, In the midst of the Lest Parietal-bone,there was the Pullation of an Artery, and a small Fluctuation, the rest ofthe Tumor being exceeding hard. M. Dupre searing this migbt be an A-neurism, was unwilling to Open the Tumor kill he was constrained to it, bythe Importunate Intreaties of the Patient, who chose rather the Hazard of hisLife, than any longer to endure so exquisite aTorment. As soonasanA-perture was made, there iffucd out a quantiry of rhjck Concreted Blood, which

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