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the Body : That I have feen that Body move and 
feem alive to allPurpofes for a great Part of the fame 
time, after having loft the Heart ; and that I have feen 
JVafps , whofe Heads had been taken off, creeping in 
the Window the next Day; and Butterflies that have 
lived, and attempted even to fly, feveral Days after 
undergoing the fame fevere Operation. 
Infers feem at firft to fuffer but little from the Lofs 
of their hinder Parts, although thefe contain mod of 
their Vifcera ; nor does the Lofs of Limbs feem to 
affed them in any Proportion to the more perfect 
Animals. But even in our own Kind, in Infancy, 
before the Parts have loft all their Softnefs, much 
greater Wounds may be received without Lofs of 
Life, than afterwards. If we go yet further back to 
our Embryo State, it is very probable, that yet vaftly 
greater Hurts are recoverable : And it is upon that 
Principle chiefly, that the beft and mod likely Ac- 
count has been given by modern Writers in Anatomy, 
of fome very remarkable Monftcrs that have appeared 
in the World, where even fome of the mod eflential 
Parts of Two Foetus s have been feen wonderfully 
united in One and the fame Body. I fhall now detain 
you no longer, than to aflure you, that I am, with 
Truth and Refped, 
SIR: > 
Tour moft obedient , 
Humble Servant , &c. 
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