loag. t^) Alexander Cam^rmus \mS^m th^m gboye twen- 
ty yards long, lo the P^lacie at Tigmi is k^pt che figure 
one 1 8. foot long ; ajic} abundance of moriJ Infti|j)c€sl 
could give were irneedtul. 
But I fhall defcribe that piece of % Qne I hjave fey ^rae,vo}4- 
ed by a young man about twenty year^ of a^e# upon ih^ 
ufe of an Emidjim of the cold Seeds ; which i§ j^noHgh 
fome, who a|€ admirers of thdtPhilo/Qphy^ hence to ex- 
tol and magnify the power of Signatures. But to pafs by 
here the jEtiology of bis cure, as.alfp the Pa^Mgy ohh^ 
Symptoms lie was aflliffied with before he yo.id<2el if v I 
iliall oncly take np tice, that Mving dragged \t f roaibini.- 
felf> not without fome frightful apprehenfion$3 that Guts, 
and all were coming out^he plainly perceived it alive:» and tp 
mo'lre ^ and having put it in a v^ide mouthed gl^ifs y'lt Qften 
endeavoured by raifing it's ,bo^y to.get,o^it • but the Cold 
water into which it was pit afterwards (qox\ killed it* I 
meafured it> and fourjd it 24. foot^ or 8. yardslpag. 
itlqumbred soj* jfoynts. It' $ colour wa^extre^nv white, 
being turgid with Chyl^ - it's body Aapj^^bcpt the thick- 
.nefs,ofhalf aCrpwn, w hf r^e fh ipk^O j apd th^ jQyorst \9r 
wards the Tail about ^ of an Inch brgad v jt^fetPW^I^ th^ 
he0d about i as broad as thoff^ towai;^s ,ik§ T^\U mi here 
the Joynts were pot i of 4n Inchlong> whereas thofeat 
the Tml were of a fiilljpGh longr and foipething n?ore, 
and from the h^ad thjsy feeni^d gfa^ually tp mfe^kU} 
length. The Joynts pgchpfa widen^l^lthroughout ^j?^ 
the jetting edga pf th^ formief PFer tfee later jufuaUy plain 
and ev€n- unlefe where the CQntraAiOH of the body had 
rendered them a little criif^pjed.. Tbe^^^J pfbothfides^ 
jiift alike and withoutany Sppts, po^nhmxJ^^S» M^W 
think remarkable, wychMgh^ diftic^ui^henii pr be 
ferved:, onely a fmooth SuperficeVr but about the middle 
of the edges of each Joynt I otiferved a proiuberating 
(y) Lib.obs.pro^rUr. jl 
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