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PHILOSOPHICAL 
TRANSACTIONS. 
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For the Months of May, June, July and Augufi, 1720* 
T he CONTENTS. 
I yy ART of a Letter from Mr. Deverel Surgeon at 
Briftol : Concerning a Cafe in Chirurgery , which is 
commonly miftaken for a Fratfure of the Patella. 
II. A Differ tat ion on the antiquity of the Venereal DiG 
eafe. ' By William Becket, Surgeon , F. R S, commu- 
nicated hy Dr. WagftafFe. 
III. An Account of the great Meteor , which was on the 
6 th of March, 1714* in a Letter from the late Reve- 
rend Mr. Roger Cotes Plum. Prof, at Cambridge; 
to Dr. Dannye Rettor of SpofFerth, in Yorkfhire. 
IV. A Difcourfe on the Operation of Medicines. In a Let- 
ter from Dr. Quincy, to the late Learned Mr. Sam. 
Moreland, F. R. S. , . , 
V. An account of two extraordinary Cafes in Chirurgery . 
Communicated by Dr. Steigertahl, F. R. S. 
VI. An account of an Experiment made before the Roy- 
al Society, to prove the Exiftence of an interfperfed Va- 
cuum. By John Theoph. Defaguliers. LL. D. & R. 
S. S* 
VII*. An Account of a Book , entituled , Congbietture del 
Dottor Pietre Ant. Michelotti, Filofofo, e Medico 
d’ Arco, fopra la Natura, Cagione e Rimedi delF 
infermita regnanti ne Animali Bovini, &c. Nell’ Au- 
tunno del’ Anno cadenre, 17 11. In Venezia, 1711. 
G * I. Part 
