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We alfo obferved, that a great many of thefe Scales 
had a round Bubble in the middle of them, and that 
there was feldotn in one Scale two Bubbles, as in Fig. 5. 
in that Scale which is reprefen ted by B ; I thought with 
my felf, whether this might not be the place from whence 
the Scales received their Nourifhmenc. 
Fig. 6 . Does likewife reprefent a Scale between G and 
D with a round Bubble in it. You may remember I told 
you above, that I could obferve none of this White 
Matter upon the Tip of my Tongue ; the Caufe of which, 
perhaps was the great heat of the Liquor f then made 
nfe of 5. for as foon as f found my felf in a Fever, I or- 
dered feme Coffee to be made for me, and drank four 
Difhes of it as faff as I could one after the other, info- 
much that my Lips were very fore with the heat of it the 
day after $ the drinking of this Coffee gave me great eafe, 
and the next Morning I drank fome Bohea Tea, as faft as 
ever I could, in order to pnt my felf inro a Sweat, but 
in vain $ now ’tis poffsbie that the heat of the Coffee and 
the Tea had diffolved, or loofened the White Stuff upon 
the Tip of my Tongue, which is to be enquired into. . 
I have faid before, that upon the fourth day of my 
Fever I firft viewed my Tongue and the White Matter I 
feraped from it, which was the fame Day my Fever left 
me ; and I imagine that about that time a great deal of 
the White Matter, that had been about my Tongue, was 
fallen off, and that had I viewed the fame the fecond 
Day of my Fever, I {Mould have feen that Matter and the 
Branches of it much more plainly. 
In the Month of Offober, it was reported in my Houle, 
that there was a young Man fo grievoufly troubled with 
the Ihrujh, that they were afraid it would have killed 
him, for he could fcarcely draw his Breath; having in- 
form’d my felf who was his Doctor, I fent to him and 
delired him to let me have a little of that Stuff which 
was taken from the Tongue of the Patient, which ac- 
cordingly 
