ii6 ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



Art. V. 



Letter from Dr Austin phyfician^ to Dr 

 Monro, jiau on the Effe[i of Electricity 

 in removing ObJhuBions of the Menfes. 

 Z)j/^^ Edinburgh 17^4. 



S I R, 



nn H E following cafe gave me great 

 -* pleafure ; it fhows the good effecls 

 of eledlricity in removing obftrudtions of 

 the menfes. If you think it will be of 

 life, I give you leave to communicate it 

 to the Philofophical fociety. 



Miss aged twenty-four, of 



a delicate conflitution, was fubjedl to vi- 

 olent head-achs from the time Ihe was 

 eight years of age, which her mother at- 

 tiibuted to a fall flie got on the head. 



Her menfes began to flow when fhe 

 was about fixteen, and for fome time fhe 

 continued pretty regular. 



In June 1760, during the time of her 

 menfes^ Ihe was expofed to a great rain, 

 and was much wet. The menfes fud- 



denly 



