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fedfus producere po/Tunt, & etiam planetis aliquando 
res nairas & utiles dare.. 
VI. An ExtraB of a Letter from Oliver Sc. 
John, Effc F. ^ S- dated from Florence, 
November the-ictb , 1751, N. S. Communi- 
cated by R. Graham, F. % S. 
W H E N I confider how many are charged over- 
laid in the Bills of Mortality, I wonder that the 
Arcutids, univerfally ufed herd, are not ufed in Eng- 
land. I here fend you the Defign of one, drawn in 
Perfpedtive, with the Dimenfions, which are larger 
than ufual. 
^ a i i : a* i * . y • +* l . : a v/ j w . > l jj ; * j i*f n o 0 rc; r . u r 
TheARcuccio. Vide Fig. 3. 
«, The Place where the Child lies. 
The Head-board. 
c, The Hollows for the Nurfes Breads. 
d, A Bar of Wood to lean on when Ihe fuckles 
the Child. 
e, A fmall Iron Arch to fupport the faid Bar. 
The Length 3 Feet, 1 1 nches and a half. 
Every Nurle in Florence is obliged to lay the 
£hild in it, under Pain of Excommunication. The 
Arcutio, with the Child in it, may be fafcly laid en- 
tirely under the Bed-cloaths in the Winter, without 
Danger of lmothering. 
VII. An 
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