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of multiplying itfelf by Sprigs or Suckers. Nothing 
can exceed the Sagacity with which he has conduced 
thofe Experiments that have led him into the Know- 
ledge of things fo very wonderful and furprifing, that 
they may truly be faid to exceed all that Natural 
Hiftory had yet afforded of this Sort. 
Ill- An Account of an extraordinary Cafe of 
the Bones of a Woman growing foft and 
flexible $ communicated to the Royal So- 
ciety by Mr . Sylvanus Bevan, F. R. S. 
* ead Ma ? f' HP 1 HE Wife of one B . S. in the Year 
J =J 4 5 t H 
\ 1738. was taken with a Diabetes, 
with the ufual Symptoms, viz. A frequent and copious 
Difcharge by Urine, a gradual Wafting of the Body, a 
hc&ic Fever, with a quick low Pulfe, Thirft, great 
Pains in her Shoulders, Back, and Limbs, and Lofs of 
Appetite. She continued in this manner Two Years, 
(notwithftanding the Ufe of Medicines generally pre- 
icribed in fuch Cafes) much emaciated; at which 
time fhe was attacked with an Intermittent, which 
foon left her; after which the Diabetes gradually 
decreased, fo that in fome few Months flic was intirely 
free from that Diforder, but the Pains in her Limbs 
'ftill continued. She recovered her Appetite very 
well, breathed free and eafy, and her He&ic very 
much leffened, though fhe had fome Appearance of 
it at times. 
About Eighteen Months ago, fhe had fuch a Weak- 
and Pains in her Limbs, that it confined her to 
her 
