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intending to take the reft of the Sarcoma, and Radix of the 
Cijlk away by Cauftical Medicines, which lappiyed with- 
out fuccefs, they coming off without making an Efchar, 
the Radix being of a Cartilagenous fubftance : fearching 
with my Probe to find fome Interftice, it dropt into one , 
and touching fome Membranous or Nervous Body, caus’d 
the Patient to cry out furiouily $ into which Interftice I 
put a piece of Roman Vitriol fitted for the place, which 
came out the next day all diffolved with fome of the 
Radix : By the continual applying of the Vitriol, I ex- 
tirpated the whole Radix r and healed the whaSte S. A. 
Two Obfervations belong to this worthy of knowing i 
The one is, Seven years before this Operation, this Tu- 
mor was very near fo big, and fubfided of itfelf. 
The other is, when 1 began with Gauftical Medicines, 
the firft I ufed was Rrtecip. mb. which I cover’d the 
whole Radix with, which came off and no Efchar, 
but it falivated the Patient for 5 weeks. 
VII- f 'art of a Letter from Mr Robert Tayl@r 
to Dr Hans Sloane, S. Seer, concerning a 
’Monflrous (Birth. 
Hitchm , April 4. 1706. 
L Aft week a ^/’oman in a Neighbouring Village being 
in Strong Labour, the Midwife finding the Birth 
coming very awkwardly, and more Legs than ufual, after 
a tedious time, delivered the -poor Woman of Twins 
( defighed by Nature doubtlefs ) but joyned together 3 
there being but one Trunk of a Body with two Necks, 
on each a Head, four Arms, two forwards and two back- 
wards* 
