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PHILOSOPHICAL 
TRANSACTIONS. 
For the Months oj November December, 1696. 
The C O N T E N T S. 
I. A Anatomical Account of fame Remarkable things 
£% found OH the Di[fe£lion of a Woman who dyed of 
the Dropfie^ after the Paracentefis was performed, with a 
fmall Reflect ion on the Caufes of the Dropjie. By 
Dr. Charles Prefton. IL An Account of a Gentle- 
mans leing Cut for the Stone in the Kidney^ with a 
Irief Enquiry into the Antiquity and Prailife of Ne- 
phrotomy. By Mr. Charles Bernard, F. R. S. III. An 
Account of feveral Ohfervahles in Lincoln/hire, not 
taken Notice of in Camden, or any other Author. By 
Mr. Chriftopher Merret, Surveyor of the Tort of 
Boflcn. IV. A Letter from Mr, Stephen Gray, gi- 
mng a further Account of his Water Microfcope. V. An 
Account of the quantities of Rain fallen in one Tear 
in Greftiam Coli. hegun Augufl 12. idpj. VL 
Account of a Book. The Antiquities of Palmyra 
^//^5 Tadmor, BuHt hy King Solomon in theDefartof 
Arabia ; Containing the Hiftory of that City and its Em- 
perors, from its Foundation to this prefent time. By 
Ab. Seller 8^ 
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