144 PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. [aNNO 1726. 



Astronomical Observations made at Toulon, By Fa. Laval. N° 394, p. 100. 

 From the Latin. 



Emersions of Jupiter's first satellite; true lime. 

 1725. Sept. 23, emersion 6" 5&^ 42' Dec. 17, emersion 5^ 

 Oct. 16, emersion 7 15 17 Dec. 24, emersion 7 

 Nov. 8, emersion 7 31 33 1726. 



Nov. 15, emersion 9 26 52 Jan. 9, emersion 6 

 Jan. 18, 1726, an occultation of Mars by the moon, temp, 

 rather doubtful. Emersion of Mars, S*" 21"" 34' certain. 

 Apparent meridian altitudes of Venus. 



1 723. March 20 36° 34' 30" Dec. 7 



O 21 



O 24 



30 1726. 



O Jan. 9 



30 19 



45 31 



O Feb. 3 



By many accurate observations, the latitude of Toulon is 43° 6' 55" 

 the difference of longitude between Lisbon and Toulon, by many accurate ob- 

 servations, is 1^ O"' 9% or 15° 1' 15". 



Of some remarkable Appearances observedon opening tlieBody of a Person who had 

 laboured under Calculous Complaints. By Abraham Faler, M. D. Professor 

 of Anatomy at JVittemberg, andF.R.S. N° 394, p. 102. From the Latin. 



A young student was frequently affected with a strangury for the space of 2 

 years, during which time he voided above 50 stones, most of which came away 

 inter mingendum, without much pain; some of the largest however, about 

 the size of large peas or kidney beans, stuck in the urethra, and could not be 

 brought away without either being broken or being extracted by incision. Thus 

 harassed, the patient gradually fell into a marasmus, accompanied with a dry 

 cough and asthma. To these was superadded an oedematous swelling of the 

 feet; and this complication of symptoms proved fatal on the 2d day of the 

 patient's confinement to his bed. 



On opening the thorax, the lungs were found to adhere in many places to 

 the pericardium, diaphragm, and ribs; and the right lobe was in a scirrhous 

 state. Some very large polypous concretions, which extended into the trunks 



