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round him, and in his stomach, and in his right thigh, and afterwards a numb- 

 ness in his head. The pains were not constant and fixed, but erratic and very 

 acute. His pulse was very low and heavy. 



Sept. 14. In the morning the man came to Dr. R. and was much better, 

 though he had but little sleep in the night. The means the Doctor used were 

 only sp. cor, cerv. et sal vol. corn. cerv. with vinum viperin. and onions or 

 garlic, externally applied to the place where the wound was. These things 

 raised his pulse, and so it seems assisted nature to throw off the venom. 



Observations made in Italy of a Lunar Eclipse, on Sept. 8, 17 18. 

 N°382, p. 71- 



I. Observations made by Sig. Giovanni Poleni and Giovambatista Morgagni, 

 at Padua, the house of Signor Pietro Bembo, noble of Venice. 



The beginning not seen for clouds. 

 At 7*" 49"* 4^ an almost total immersion. 

 9 36 4 beginning of the emersion. 



10 41 2 the apparent end of the shadow. 



10 42 57 the end of the penumbra. 

 All by apparent time. 



II. Observations made in the palace of the Istituto delle Scienze, at Bologna; 

 by Signor Geminiano Rondelli, Giuseppe-Antonio Nadio, and Giulio-Caesare 

 Parisi. 



The beginning not observed. 

 At 7^ 47"" 35' total obscuration, true time. 

 9 33 40 beginning of the emersion. 

 10 37 39 end of the eclipse. 



III. Observations made in the suburbs of Bologna southwards; by Signori 

 Eustachio and Gabbrielo Manfredi. 



At &^ 42"^ 13' beginning of the eclipse, apparent time. 

 7 47 50 the total immersion of the moon. 

 9 31 20 the beginning of the emersion. 

 10 38 5 the end of the true shadow. 

 In the Ephemerides published in the year 1715, from M. Cassini's Tables, 

 for the use of the Istituto Bolognese delle Scienze, the beginning of these 

 eclipses was marked at &^ 41"", the total immersion at 7'' 46'", the beginning of 

 the emersion at 9'' 33'", the end at lo'' 38"^, which times scarcely differ one or 

 two minutes from the times observed. 



IV. Observations made by the Marquis Antonio Ghisilieri, at Bologna, on 

 the observatory in his own house. 



