454 PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. [aNNO 1765* 



folded for observing the under side and seed vessels, which are here shown. 



Fig. 37, Part of one of the hairs of the male flowers of Marchantia polymorpha, 

 with some of the pollen: magnified 1280 times. — Fig. 38, The same compressed: 

 magnified I'ZSO times. 



XXIX. Sequel of the Case of Anne James, who had taken the Green Hemlock.* 

 By Mr. Josiah Colebroohe, F. R. S. p. 27 1 . 



From this communication it appears, that the use of the green hemlock, 

 though attended with advantageous circumstances for near 2 years, proved to be 

 merely palliative. For in July, 17^4, Mr. C. was informed, that the schirrus 

 in the right breast (which was very small when she began to take hemlock) was 

 increased, and extended itself under the axilla, looked vivid, oosed a little, and 

 was painful. He desired a little blood might be taken away, that she might take 

 rhubarb or magnesia to go through her, and then pursue the same regimen with 

 the hemlock, she had done before. For external application, Mr. C. desired 

 1 oz. of common lead might be scraped as thin as possible, and infused in 2 oz. 

 of salad oil, to be shaken daily for 2 or 3 days; when settled, to moisten a linen 

 rag with the oil, and apply it to the part; to renew the dressing every day, and 

 to shake the bottle every time after they had used it, that the oil might be the 

 better impregnated with the drying quality of the lead. That, if the pain in- 

 creased, they might use the following cataplasm, viz. green hemlock 1 oz., boiled 

 in a small quantity of milk till tender, and then thickened with linseed meal, or 

 oatmeal, and a little oil, and applied barely warm, over the other dressing, once 

 or twice in a day. 



In Sept. 1764, he saw her: she complained that her pain was rather increased ; 

 and on examining her breasts, he found the left, of which she first complained, 

 quite easy: in the right breast the nipple was drawn in, and the schirrus of a 

 purple colour, but the discharge was very small. He advised her to persist in 

 taking the hemlock, and pursuing the former regimen. In May, 1763, he was 

 informed that her pains were so much increased, that she was obliged to have 

 recourse to opiates ; her breast discharged a great quantity of foetid matter, as 

 is usual in cancers ; and she ended a miserable life in September. 



XXX. Of the Effects of a Storm of Thunder and Lightning in Pembroke Coll., 



Oxford, on June 3, 1765. Bij Mr. Griffith, p. 273. 



In the afternoon of June 3, a very black cloud appeared in the wind, which 



was nearly n. e. A little before 4, a gentle rain, attended with slight thunder, 



fell, just sufficient to wet the surface of the streets, &c. But the wind blowing 



• See p. 37 of this volume of these Abridgments. 



