Ail the back part of this Child was covered with the 
Omentum \ which was about two fingers thick, and ftuck 
hard to divers parts of the Body of it, not to be feparated 
without a Knife; which being done, very little blood 
iibed. This Infant weighed Eight pounds Haverdupoyfe», 
The Skull wa$ broken into feveral pieces* The Brain of 
the colour and confiftence of Oynrment of Rofes. The. 
Fleflj red, where the Qfmntum ftuck, other parts whitifb, 
yellowifh, and fomewhat livid 5 except the Tongue, which 
had the natural foftnefs aud colour. All the inward Parts 
were difcolour'd with a blackifhnefs, except the Heart, 
which was red ; and without any iffuing blood, 
The Foreheadj Ears, Eyes and Nofe, were cover'd with 
a Callous fubftance, as thick as the breadth of a finger: 
which being taken away, the parts appeared, as in the Fi- 
gure. 
The Gums being ciu, the Teeth appeared in the aduhnefs 
of thofe in grown perfons.The Body had no bad fmell,though 
kept three days out of the Mothers Belly. The length of. 
the Body from the Buttocks to the top of the Head , about 
II inches. The Moiher died about the Sixty fourth year of 
her Age. 
An Account of fomeBooks. 
% Johannis Wallifii, S. D. in Celeberr, AuiemU Oxoni- 
enfi Geometric Profefforis Saviliani, Extrcitationes 'tres i 
I. De Comet Arum Difimtiu in'vefiigandis. 2. De Ra* 
tkmm c^Fracliomm Redu^hm^ 5* De Periodo Juliaf^a^ 
Londini, 1678. 
C>Oncernir>g the firft, the Learned Author acquaints us, 
J in the beginning thereof , That about fi&cen or fix- 
tcen years fince, it was propofed to hiiiifelf by that GXceU 
lent M^th^nut'icmSiv Chri^opher^ as a thing of ufe, 
fc. To find out the Diftances of Comets^ 
^See Mr.Hoois Book, from the Earth : and fiace then^ hath been 
SSofr^ byhim,-otherwifetbanishere, perforn). 
count of it hereafter ed. To whom Gur Author then returned 
Es''' '^^ an Anfwer, fi. This fame, which upon 
our Worthy Gountrey-man Mr. Ji^bM QcU 
Mm his requeft, he hath here pub li(fe?edi. 
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