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confiderablc pain ; as alfo that the Gangrened parts fell off of 
tbeaifelves, without any need of ftparating them by itif rtmc- 
dies or inQruments. \ 
We have viewed fomeof thefe grains of Rey ihm dcgeu^- 
raced. They aret>lack without^ and pretty white wirh n , aod 
when they are dry, they are harder and clofer than the iiar ) l 
good grain* They havenoill tafte. I have found fomeof ?h( 
that had hanging ac their bafis a fubftanceof a hony-taft and 
confiftence.They become much longer in the ear, than the othen 
There arc fomeof themthatare i3or 14 lineslong^ and two 
lines large, and at times ypu will find 7 or 8 of them in one 
ear. It may be feen in examining thefe Ears, that they are not 
bodies of another kind, generated among the grains or Rey^ zi 
fome pretend ; but that they are true grains of Rey,having their 
coats like the reft, wherein may be diftinguifht the place of the 
germen and of the furrow. 
Monf. Bourdelh hdivit\g acquainted that 1674 there liap- 
ned many the like accidents at t!Montargis from the famecaufe, 
the Company gave M. Doddrd order to inform himfelf about it : 
He accordingly caufed to be brought to him fome Ears of this 
Rey, and the Company found the grains of them altogether like 
thofe they had feen formerly. He fent notice hereof to feveral 
perfons, among others to M^B^ff^^jChief Phyfician to her Royal 
Highnefs Madamoifelle, and to M. D^^^^ a famous Phyfician at 
Montargis. He hath alfo entertained therewith M. tuiUier Dr of 
Phyfickof the Vdiculty of jffjgiers, a very knowing and very 
curious perfon, who hath imparted to him a Letter of M. Chat- 
ton^ an old and expert Ghirurgion at MonUrgis ; whence he 
faith he hath learned the particulars following \ 
Key doth in this manner degenerate in Sologne^ Berry, the 
country ofBlaife^and Gdpnois^ and almoft every where,efpecV 
ally in light and fandy land. There are few years bur fome little 
of this ill grain grows. When there is but little, the ill efFeftsof 
it are not perceived. It grows plenteoufly in wet years , and 
moft of all when after a rainySpring therefollow exceffive heats- 
The conftitution of the Air or of the Rains, which iraprcfs 
this malignity in the Rey, is rare, there having been found none 
at ^MonurgUh\M thrice in 38 years, and there having been but 
few diftcmpersof it the fecond time, becaufe there was but 
little of that corrupted grain. ' '^*'" < 
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