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in other parts of the body, besides those al- 

 ready mentioned. 



It should also be observed, that there is a 

 small fragment of something which is bony in 

 its appearance, usually found in the very mid- 

 dle of the soft part of the brain. What the 

 use of it is, nobody knows, except the Creator. 



Besides all this, the breast bone, the ossa 

 innominata, and many other bones of the 

 body, are in several pieces, while we are 

 young ; and some of them are not very strongly 

 united, even when we are old. 



Nor is this quite all. A few persons may 

 be found, who have a still greater number of 

 bones; but these are properly diseased persons. 

 A bony or chalky substance is often found in 

 the flesh of those who have the gout. Some 

 of the gristly parts of the body I mean the 

 cartilages and ligaments occasionally change 

 into bone ; and so do small portions of the great 

 arteries or tubes which carry the blood. In 

 some diseases, too, the bones separate into 

 several pieces. Here and there we find a 

 person with six fingers on each hand, or six 



