211 The J^mral Hijlory 
be ingraven of its juft magnitude. Tab. i o. Fig. 1 6. which is al- 
fo to be feen in the Medicin School, 
$o. Amongft which alfo I think we may number the defcend- 
ingtrunckof the Arteria magna ^ taken out of the body of anan- 
ckntperfin^ bythe(kilful Mr. Pointer Chirurgionof Oxford^ in 
the prefence of Dr. Millington our Sidleyan Profejfor of Natural 
Philofophy^ whofe innermoft coat from above the Emulgents down 
to the Iliac branches, is by parcels only (and not continued 
throughout) turned into bone^ the outer coat remaining foft and 
tender in its ordinary ftate ; which i4mr)' remains to be feen in 
the cuftody of Mr. Pointer, Juft fuch another Artery as this, I 
find obferved by Fallopiu6 : and Dr. Willis took another of them 
out of a man much nitd. to wine znd flak drinks^ who alfo in- 
forms us, that in the dife^iono^ one that dyed of an ulcerated 
Schirru6 in the Mefentery^ he found one of the Carotides turned 
into bone in the fame manner^: Befide, above the Emulgents 
nearer the heart, there was a portion of this Artery turned into 
an annulary bone^ perhaps fuch another as was obferved by Dr. 
Harvey^ and VefJingiu^ in the great Artery of an old man ; but 
this 1 have not feen, it being in the poifeffion of our afore-men- 
tion'd Profejfor refiding in London. 
54. Amongft other the fore-runners of death and the gravcj 
we muft not forget extream oldage^ fuch as thofe above-mention- 
ed, ^. 3. of the fecond Chapter ; and of one Jofm Piercehte of 
Witney^ better known by much by the name of George Jiis^ who 
lived to the of an hundred and twelve. Where alfo in the 
Tithing of Curbridgthere is oneJfilliam Carter now living, at leaft 
a hundred years old, who yet it feems has not lived more abfte- 
mioufly than others of his rank, nor do's he now at this take 
fo much care, as other people of his health : he commonly lying 
naked amongft the blankets of the Mill where he lives, which ma- 
ny times are not over dry ; out of which he will go naked in the 
midft of winter^ and drink cold water at the Rivers fide. 
$2. Of accidents m the very point of deaths I have met with 
none obfervable amongft the Men of this County^ nor of any at- 
tending them in the Grave^ except we may reckon that one, of 
prefervation from corruption many years after death ; fuch as that 
^ Gatr.Fallop. Tom.'Z. Tra£i. g. ca^. i^. ' P harmaceut. rationalise fe&. 6. caf. f Cere^r. Aaatom. 
cap."]- 8 Syntag. Anatom. cap- lo. 
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