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VII. An Account of one Edmund Melloon, 
Born at JPort Leicefter, in- Ireland, rvbe was 
of an extraordinary Siw. Commmicated by 
Dr. VyilHam Mufgrave, Fellow of the CoL 
'• lege of FhypcidnSy and R. S. 
TH E Meafures of fome oftbe Parts of an friih Man 
fliewn at Oxford, was communicated to me by 
Dr. Plot, he was Seven Foot Six Inches high, his Finger 
Six Inches Three Fourths long, the Length of his Span 
Fourteen Inches, of his Cubit Two Foot Two Inches, of 
?rbis Arm Three- Foot Two Inches and an Half, from the 
[ Shoulder to the Crown of his Head Eleven and Three 
Fourths, his Name Edmund Melloon, he was Aged 
Nineteen Years, Anno, 1684. and Born at Port Lticeftcr 
m Meath, in Ireland. ^ ^o^-^i -J 3! nr:> r.iW \ {}ili1V^< : 
VUV An Accmni df the Diffe&ion of a Dog 
^ that had Mercury ^^^^ one, of tbe Jit- 
THE Mercury was:thrown out of the Blood into 
the Cavity of , the Abdomen, as likewile fome 
Appearance of it in the other Cavities of the Body. 
All the Glandules were very ti^rgid, and fuli of Li- 
quor, efpecially in the Ventricles of the Brain, and all 
round there was a great Quantity of Serum. This may 
be called a true Hyarocephalos. 
It being a chance Dog, and having no Notice of what 
had bpen done on him, I could not fb well obferve whe- 
ther it would work on him by Salivation, whether it 
made 
