3i8 ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



WILLIAM Jones, a tall, robuft, heal- 

 thy Butcher, fifty fix years old, was 

 carried to the Worcefier iHfirmary on the 

 feventeenth of Augiijl 1747, lame, and in 

 grievous pain. His account of himfelf was. 

 That he happened unfortunately, fome hours 

 before, to ride an unruly horfe, which ran 

 away with him ; and that, making an ef- 

 fort to check him, juft as he was- galloping 

 over a ftone bridge, the animal reared himfelf 

 upon his hinder feet ; and immediately fell 

 backward on his rider. The man was ftun-' 

 ned with the fall ; but the horfe quickly re- 

 covered himfelf, and went off full fpeed, 

 dragging poor 'Jones after him, by his leg 

 which was engaged in the ftirrup. The 

 horfe was foon providentially fi:opped, and 

 the man fet at liberty, but unable to move 

 his thigh, which he believed was broken. 



The Surgeon in waiting, (for four Phyfi- 

 cians and three Surgeons gave their atten- 

 dance in rotation, namely, Dodtors Attwood^ 

 Mackenzie, Cameron, and Wall-, and MefiT 

 Ednvards, RuJfeU and Jefferys) having tho- 

 roughly examined the fituation and figure of 



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