354 ESSAYS anv OBSERVATIONS 
the patient, with a: thundering vos) 
cried, It’s in, it’s in, it’s ine And fo it 
really was; for we immediately found 
the limb reftored to its natural pofition, 
length, and flexibility. The patient was 
put to bed; and, by a proper diet and 
care, recovered his former health, and 
could walk perfectly well in three weeks, 
One of the phyficians often met him af- 
terwards on foot driving cattle, and al< 
ways afked, How he did? To which his 
conftant anfwer was, Very well, thank ‘ 
God and the gentlemen. And he can 
now, upon occafion, walk twenty miles 
in a day, without fatigue or pain, though 
the injured limb ftill remains near a quar- 
ter of an inch longer than the other. 
ART. 
