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IV. j4n Account of a Briftle that was 
in a Gentlenian s Foot> and caufed a violent 
Inflammation: a Letter from Mr. Arde- 
ron. F.R.8. to Mr. Baker, F.R.S. 
May 15. *YOHN WOOD, Efqf of the City of 
3 74°‘ jjT Norwich, being afflided with great 
Pain, and a violent Inflammation, in one of his Feet, 
applied to Mr. Caftil , an eminent Surgeon, for his 
Afliftance; who, upon Arid Examination, perceived 
a few fhort Hairs flicking out, not far above the Sct- 
\ ting on of the little Toe. Their Thick,- 
\ / nefs, and particular Manner of (landing our, 
-Z-Tputhim upon taking hold of them with his 
Forceps 5 when, to his great Surprize, he 
extraded a large Hog's Briftle, of the 
Sizefhewn in the Margin, where the prick'd 
Line A B denotes how far it was buried in 
the Flefh. 
The Gentleman had immediate Eafe,and 
grew well in a few Days, without any 
other Afliftance. And he can't give the 
lead Guefs how the Briftle got into his 
Foot j unlefs by fome Accident it flipped 
into his Stocking, and from thence worked 
its Way in. 
Had Mr. Wood deferr'd his Application 
to a Surgeon, till the Briftle had been in- 
tirely buried in his Foot, how miferable 
might he have been ? What dreadful Ope- 
rations in Surgery might he not have un- 
dergone, without the lead Probability of 
having 
