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* a ftory very ftrange and hardly credible ; but is ren- 
' dred more credible by this parallel Operation. 
JohnWallis. 
On this Occafion it may mi feem improper to fubjnyn 
an Account we have not long fmce received from 
Germany^ of a very uncommon Cafe of this Kind, 
the Relation whereof follows. 
Nno 1 69 1. Jan. 3. in a tillage called Mafchwitz, 
C\ ahout a league from Hall in Saxony, a Country LaJ^ 
by name Andrew Rudloff, alout 16 years of Age^ p^^y^^g 
tricks with a Knife in hu Mouthy and hapning to fall with 
it, the Knife accidentally (Itpt down his Throat into his 
Stomach ; being ui all ahout 6| Inches long^ with a Harts* 
Horn Haft. It were long to infert the Symt^tonts^ as Pains ^ 
Vomitings^ &cc, that followed thereupon ; hut the Curiofity 
of the Cafe did oblige /1^. Wolfgang Chriftopher Wefe-. 
nern, Phyfitian to the Eledor of Brandenburg, to take 
care of him and adminifler Medicines proper for his relief. 
The Knife was felt to have changed its pofition fever al 
times ^and after a few Months ceafedto he very trouhlefom; 
and in ahout a year was fo much diminifbed^as to he difficult 
to be felt from without. Not long after an angry Tumour 
with Inflammation broke out^ three fingers breadth below 
the Pit of the Stomach, which being ripened^ the Apoflhem 
was opened May 14. 169%^^ and being kept open, the Point 
of the Knife fir ft appeared thereat ]uly iS. following. The 
Point they fafined with a Silk Thread, and the wound be- 
ing widened, the Knife was drawn out thereat Auguft 2. 
a Tear and feven Months after it had been fwallowed^ and 
in a little time the Lad was perfectly well. The Knife was 
exceedingly con fumed in all dimenfions^ as may be feen in 
the Printed Account that was puhlifhed by the aforefaid 
Phyfitian^ and Printed at K^ll^ where the thing was done ; 
fo that there is no room left to doubt of the truth thereof 
