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fusing blood into him according to the new experiment. The operation had 

 been twice performed with good success ; the patient having had thereupon a 

 good interval of two months after the first, and all hopes of a longer after the 

 second, had it not been for the debauches in wine and brandy, that he fell to 

 soon after the operation. He was a Breton by birth, and the origin of his mad- 

 ness, love. What Mr. Denys's advocate very much gloried in, was, that 

 (besides that the experiment had been practised with good, at least with no ill 

 success, in England, Germany, Italy, Holland, &c. and defended in theses in 

 almost all the universities of France) there were two persons, a man and a wo- 

 man, present in the audience, who had received a benefit to admiration from 

 the experiment, after they had been abandoned by physicians. 



In justifying the introduction and use of new experiments, Mr. Denys's ad- 

 vocate said, that the most precious life to the state, (viz. that of his most Chris- 

 tian Majesty) had been saved by the administration of a lately invented emetic. 

 This advocate was the son of Monsieur le Premier President de la Moignon. He 

 was not long since in our court, and is I perceive well known to it, and in- 

 finitely satisfied with the civilities he had received from several persons there. 

 Though this was his first action, yet his performance was a master-piece. The 

 pleading for the widow plaintiff will be on Thursday next ; but any odds would 

 be laid on the defendant's side ; though some partial men here are more than 

 suspected to set on the widow. 



Paris, Nov. 30, 1669. 



Extract of a Letter from Dr. Durston, dated Plj/mouth, Nov. 28, 

 J 669j giving an Account why the late hig-breasted Woman was not 

 opened after her Death. -N° 54, p. 1077. 



The reason here assigned was that a relative of the deceased would not allow 

 the body to be opened. 



An Appendix to the Discourse concerning the Salt-work, published in 

 Number 53. Communicated by the same Dr. Jackson, in a Letter, 

 dated November 20, 1669- N 54, p. 1077- 



Q. 1 . Whether those salt springs yield less water and more salt, in great 

 droughts, than in wet seasons ? A. Our springs do not sensibly alter in their 

 decrease or increase in either dry or wet seasons ; for, being plentiful springs, 

 we have always the pit full : Only this is observed by the briners, that they 

 make more salt with the same quantity of brine in dry than in wet seasons ; and 



