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purpose; and though Herodotus and Diodorus Siculus have given reason to ex- 

 pect to find the bodies in a much more perfect state than we ever meet with 

 them ; yet on the other hand it is evident, from the foot of this mummy which 

 Dr. H. examined, and from the account Mons. Rouelle and Count Caylus have 

 given in the above-mentioned Memoires, that all the fleshy parts were not always 

 previously destroy etl. 



II. The Sequel of the Cose of Mr. Butler, of Moscow, printed in Phil. Trans., 

 Vol. L.* By Dr. Mounsey. Communicated by Mr. H. Baker, F.R.S. p. 15. 



In my former account of Mr. Butler's case, says Dr. Mounsey, it is said, that 

 he had recovered his perfect health and strength : yet after that he was often sub- 

 ject to ailments of the nervous kind, and became sensibly affected not only by 

 the smell of paints, but even the handling of some kinds of metallic inodorous 

 bodies gave him anxiety, tremor, faintings, and many other uneasy symptoms. 

 The handling of verdigris, vitriol, and the like, threw him into these disorders; 

 and he asserted that the handling of copper or iron had the same effect on him. I 

 often heard his complaints; but as I deemed them imaginary, or sensations raised 

 by the apprehension, I only strove to undeceive his fancy. However, I began to 

 see, by some accidents, that there was more reality than I had believed, and that 

 his first accident had left a disposition of the body susceptible of such impressions. 



One day having got home a box of cerussa, he took out some lumps to exa- 

 mine the quality, and handled them without the least suspicion of harm ; but in 

 a few hours after, he was taken with anxiety, palpitation of the heart, and a sense 

 of trembling and weakness of the whole body. He was obliged to go to bed: 

 he took some spirit of hartshorn, sweated most plentifully, and next day was 

 recovered. Many things of this sort happened to him : but I shall only give 

 you an account of the most extraordinary attack which happened to him June 

 26th, 1758. 



Mr. Butler still wanting to make experiments, but not daring to meddle with 

 the operations himself, directed his wife to make some compositions of blue vi- 

 triol, alum, quick-lirne, burnt alabaster, and things of this kind. They were 

 boiled in 6 several pots, then let stand some time, and the thin or watery part 

 poured off. She brought these pots to her husband to look at; he was fond to 

 try the colours himself, and without any apprehension he took some of those 

 precipitations out of each pot, with the middle finger of his right hand, and 

 rubbed them on grey paper to try the colours. He then put them away, and 

 thought nothing more of the matter, drank tea, and was very well till about 3 

 hours after. He then began to be uneasy, and found pain in his arms, and espe- 



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