1816.) Separated from the Living Body. 267 
experiments made upon sheep. The wool on the back of the animal 
was shaved off, and a piece of skin three inches long and two inches 
broad was cut out on each side of the spine near the tail. The skin 
from the left side was applied to the wound on the right, and vice 
versa. The pieces were then fixed on with bandages. On the 
eighth day the bandages were removed, and the portions were found 
adhering. ‘This experiment was repeated several times. Larger 
portions were cut out, and they were allowed to remain for an hour 
upon a table before they were applied again; yet they adhered as 
well as in the first case. A similar experiment made upon the neck 
of a cow did not succeed, in consequence of the impossibility of 
preventing the motion of the neck. 
Such are the facts respecting this curious and important subject, 
as far as I am acquainted with them. They seem amply sufficient to 
remove the scepticism of the most obstinate unbeliever ; and I have 
no doubt that the practice will speedily become quite common. Dr. 
Balfour seems eutitled to the whole merit of having called the 
attention of practitioners to this great process of nature, and to 
have demonstrated its practicability in the most satisfactory manner. 
ArticLe IV. 
Register of the Weather in Plymouth for the last Six Months of 
1815. By James Fox, jun. Esq. With a Plate. [XLVI] 
JULY. 
Wind. Rain. Observations, 
ENE Fair. 
ENE High wind; cloudy and fair, 
ENE Ditto, ditto, 
E to SE Fair. 
SE to SSE Ditto. 
WNW Ditto. 
WN WtoNNW Cloudy and fair. 
WNW Ditto, ditto, 
WN W Ditto; fair at night. 
Var, Ditto, ditto, 
Var, Fair. 
Var. Cloudy and fair. 
Sto W 0°21 Cloudy morn; rain afternoon, 
8 0°05 Misty morn: cloudy afternoon. 
SW to W Ditto, ditto, 
WNW , Cloudy day. 
WwW Ditto morn; cloudy and fait afternoon, 
WNW 0°02 A shower, morn ; cloudy day, 
NW 0'08 = |Showers, morn; cloudy and fair aftern, 
NW High wind; cloudy and fair. 
NW to SW 0°04 Cloudy and fair morn: showers aftern, 
Var. Cloudy and fair. 
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