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ing him on the outside of his left hip, then running round on the 

 front of his hip in a spiral manner to the inside of his left leg, 

 ripping open the inner seam of the left leg of his pantaloons for 

 about eight inches as it passed down his leg. It tore oft' a piece 

 of skin above the anlde, then passed over the ankle and tore off 

 the skin from just below the ankle to the first joint of the great 

 toe, where it passed out through the boot, tearing out a ragged, 

 nearly round piece of the size of an American dollar. Another 

 portion passed out nearer the heel, mak- 3^ 



ing a ragged slit two inches in length. 

 Fig. 3, represents the appearance of Mr. 

 Barney's boot. The piece of leather 

 was not detached on the upper side. He 

 had on no stocking at the time. Mr, 

 Barney was the first of the four who 

 came to a state of sensibility ; he imme- 

 diately crawled to the door d, fig. 1, and 

 called for assistance (there being a house 

 within about three rods.) He at first 

 V complained of an intense burning sensa- 



tion, and requested that his boots might 

 be taken oflf. The foot, on taking off 



the boot, was found to be very black, and the leg above was 

 colorless and numb, and for half an hour appeared like the limb 

 of a dead person. The hip and whole leg along the track of the 

 fluid, was very much scorched ; and when I saw it the next day, 

 about 5 p. M., the muscle under the track of the fluid was sonie- 



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had been at work in a field near the house of Mr. Draper, and 

 seeing the shower coming up, went into the house to be out of 

 the rain ; he thinks he got into the house before it commenced 

 raining, and that his clothes were perfectly dry unless his perspi- 

 ration might have moistened them. His pantaloons were a pair 

 of blue and white overalls. The stitches and not the cloth were 

 ripped out at the knee. 



Mr. Barney says that his wound "does not feel Uke a common 

 Durn but more like a scald." He says that he " has for some 

 time past been troubled with a severe cough and soreness in his 

 •ungs, but that since he received the shock, he has not felt so 

 sore at his lungs and his cough is much better." 



Mrs. Draper (an old lady now in her SOth year) also received a 

 portion of the fluid which came from the post p, fig. 1. She was 

 in a state of insensibility for half an hour, although as soon as 

 assistance could be procuxed, means were used to resuscitate her. 



She was first struck on the back of her neck; the fluid there 

 scorched the hair, then ran round her neck on a string of gold 



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