( 172 ) 
I reckon the Parifli of Stoke •‘Darner ell as healthful 
an Air as any in England . 
V ill. An Extraordinary Cafe of the Foramen 
Ovale of the Heart , being found open in an A- 
dnlty communicated by Claudius Amyand, Efq 5 
Serjeant Surgeon to his Majefty, and F. ^ S. 
M R * dyingat the Age of T wenty-two, of an Illnefs 
that had perplexed hisphyficians, was opened, 
codifcoveran lmpofthume, which was apprehended 
in the Belly. As nothing was obferved there worth 
notice, faving a very great Relaxation of the Vz/cer a, 
the Caufe of his Death was looked for in the Tho* 
rax\ there the Lungs were ftrongly attached to the 
Pleura on each Side, and a large Colledfion of Wa- 
ter in each Cavity, efpecially on the Left, where the 
poflerior Lobe was inflamed, and tending to Suppura- 
tion $ the Quantity of Water in the Pericardium was 
greater than ufual, and the Heart much larger than 
could be expe&ed in fo great an Atrophy as the Pa- 
tient was reduced to *, in it the Foramen Ovale was 
found open, fo as to give pafTage to a large Finger, 
when a fungous Subftance, which grew from the Cir- 
cumference of the Foramen , and did flop up the 
fame, was removed. The Valve was hardly percep- 
tible, it being callous and furled up. Th z'Duftus 
Arteriofus was found clofe as ufual. This Patient 
had enjoyed great Health till lately, and had given 
no fign of this opening of the Foramen Ovale , 
which is prasternatural in Adults. 
E R RATA; Pag. 146. I.'ai. r. Duplicia. Pag. S' dele N. B. &c, all the 4 lines 
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