676 PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. [aNNO 1755. 



He had a dog with lead in his stomach, which he intended to keep, to prove 

 how long he could live. 



On the same Case of the Man, who Swalloiued Melted Lead. By John Hux- 



havi, M. D., F. R. S. p. 483. 



Our worthy commissioner, Fred. Rogers, Esq. sent the lead here mentioned, 

 to Dr. H. 3 days after it was said to be taken out of the man (Hall) who was 

 said to have swallowed it. He immediately sent for Mr. Edward Spry, an in 

 genious young surgeon, of Plymouth, who attended this Hall during his illness, 

 and extracted the lead from his stomach (as was reported) when dead. Mr. 

 Spry solemnly assured Dr. H. that he did actually take the lead, that was sent 

 him, out of the man's stomach, and offered to make oath of it. This Hall lived 

 12 days after the accident happened, and swallowed several things, solid and li- 

 quid during that time ; and he spoke tolerably plain, though his voice was very 

 hoarse. And he constantly affirmed, that he had swallowed melted lead. 



However, as the story seemed very extraordinary, and not a little improbable, 

 Dr. H. did not chuse to transmit any account of it to the r. s. as he could have 

 wished for more unexceptionable evidence ; for Mr. Spry had no one with him, 

 when he extracted the lead, but one woman, Philips, the daughter of Hall, and 

 another woman, who were also in the house, not being able, as said, to see the 

 operation, but immediately called in after it, and Mr. Spry showed them the 

 lead. He sent a very sensible gentleman to inquire into this affair, and he had 

 this account for them. 



Mr. Spry was, to the best of his knowledge, a person of veracity, and he 

 thought would not utter an untruth. But, what was more, on Wednesday he 

 brought him a live young cock, into the crop or craw of which, he had the day 

 before poured somewhat more than 3 oz. of melted lead. The cock indeed 

 seemed dull, but very readily pecked and swallowed several barley-corns, that 

 were thrown to him. He had the cock killed and opened in his view, and in 

 the crop they found a lump of lead weighing 3 oz. and some other little bits of 

 lead. He made no doubt the cock would have lived several days longer, if it had 

 not been then killed. There seemed a slight eschar in the cock's mouth, occa- 

 sioned by the melted lead, and the crop seemed as if parboiled. This experiment 

 is very easily made, and seems to confirm the probability of Mr. Spry's 

 account. 



LXFI. A Further Account of the Success of some Experiments of Injecting 

 , Claret, &c. into the Abdomen, after Tapping. By Mr Christopher War- 

 rich, p. 485. 



The first case in which this experiment was tried, was that of the poor wo- 

 man at Cubartj mentioned in the Transactions, N° 473, who was injected with 



