' (139) 
by Cloth -workers. In the next place there Vere C^vt- 
ral Holes, fome of which Perforate<J the Skull, others 
not. There was no diftindion of the Sutures. The 
Meninges were Mortified and Confounded together, and 
in part adhered to the Bony Excrefcencies of the Left 
Parietal-Bone ; neverthelefs the Brain s found and 
entire. The inequalities of the inner Surfuce of the 
Cramum^ reftmbled melted Metal poured down from a 
confiderable height, on a light moving Sand; orthein- 
fide of a Grotto, in which the Stones jet out in an irre- 
gular manner. The whole Left fide had loll its natural 
Figure, and the Right had only a few Impreflions, 
made by the beating of the Arteries of the D^ira 
Mater. 
It is not unlikely (he adds) this might proceed from 
fome Pocky Matter, but in aaexaft learch of the Bo- 
dy no appearance of any fuch Diftemper could be 
found, M. Dupre therefore imagines, the Blood Vet 
feis of the Diploe might poffibly be burft by fome ac- 
cidental blow o;) the He^id, or eroded by fome Acidities 
of the Hum^^rs, and the Blood be extravafated in its 
Cells ; this ftagnating, and by degrees arriving to a ve- 
ry high degree of Corruption ; he thinks it is not much 
to be admired , that the more ponderous part (by its 
great Acidity) ihouid diflolve the contiguous bone^ and 
after it has penetrated that, by eroding (uch nice and fen- 
fible Membranes, as the ferkianium and Dura Mater y 
caufe exquifite pains. 
To explain the Irregularities of the Skull he premifes, 
that its upper Plate is compofed of Strata of Bcny Fi- 
bresjiying Paralel to each other.and of an Arched Figure. 
Now when the Volatile Acid fublimes, (fay^ he) and dif- 
folves one end of the Bony Fibre, it muft by its Elafti- 
city fpring up and become ered: on the other. If more 
of thefe happen to have thofe ends which remain on the 
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