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llh A Lemr from the Reverend Mr. Tfiomas 
Dcntj to Sir Edmund King, Kt. M. D. ^ 
S. K. S. Concerning a fort of Worms found in 
the Tongue^ and other Parts of the Body ^Scc. 
Lekefier^ July zd, 1694. 
SIR, 
IHope you will Pardon the Trouble of this, bccauft 
it will in a great meafure fatisfie you about that 
Diftemper upon my Tongue, for which I have fo lately 
had your Advice : The Obfervation is very Curious , 
and (I believe) not ordinary in the way of your Pra- 
Sice, if I tell you^ that the chief caufc cf thofe riling 
Tumors fix'd upon my Tongue, proceeds from the Dii« 
eafe of Worms, concerning which I fliali give 5 ou this 
following Account. In Reading Monfieur De la Cr/>fs's 
Memoirs for the Ingenious, in the Month of July, \ 6^)i. 
Letter the 3 of Dedicated to the Honourable Mr. f 
}€^h Ralphfon, I found an Obfervation , which he has 
publiihed to. the World , concerning the Cure of this 
Difeale of Worms by one Sarah Haflings^ who was ve- 
ry Famous in the Difcovery of them in the Face, Gum?, 
Tongue ; and which fhe managed mth fuch dextrous 
Art in the Operation, that flie took them out of any 
Part afFecSted with a Goofe-QuilL I refer you to Mn. 
De la Croj^ in the forementior/d place, concerning tht; 
Hiftory of her Cures ; one of which being in fome re- 
(pefts like to my cafe, I was the mora Curious and 
licirousto enquire out, if there were any of the Worm 
I Dodlrefles now in being ; and hearing of one Famous 
at Leicejier^ I was refoived to wrire to her, defcribing 
all the Symptoms as plain as I could explain them ; to 
whach I had a return, rhit ilie believed my Difeafe to 
ba. 
