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PHILOSOPHICAL 
TRANSACTIONS. 
For the Months of January, Febr. and March , 1745. 
The CONTENTS. 
I. Sam. Chriftiani Hoilmanni, Philofoph. in Reg. Georgia Augufta 
[Gottingenfj Prof Pub. Ord. ad Cromwellum Mortimerum, 
M. D. R. S. S ecret. Epiflo/a de Jubitanea Congelation?, de Igne 
electrico, de Micrometro Microfcopio applicando , &c. Page 239- 
II. Some Account of the Gigantic Boy at Wiliingham near Cam- 
bridge. 1. Prom the Rev. Mr. Almond to Mr. P. Miller* F.R S. 249. 
2. A "Letter from Mr. Tho. Dawkes, Surgeon at Hunt.ngton, to 
Dr. Mead, F. R. S. &c. concerning the fame Child. 271. 
III. A Letter from Mr. Browne Langrifh, Licent. Coll. Med Lond. 
<& F. R. S. to the Rev. Dr. Hales, F. R. S. co?icerning a new 
Contrivance of applying Receivers to Retorts in Difiillation. 254. 
IV. The Cafe of a Perfon bit by a Mad Dog : Communicated to the 
Prefident by Mr. Ranby, F. R. S. Serjeant- Surgeon to His Majefty : 
From Charles Peters, M. D. F. Coll. Med. Lond. 257. 
V. An Account of a nevo Species of Fungus, by John Martyn, F. R. S. 
Prof. Bot. Cantab, communicated in a Letter to the President. 263. 
VI. Extratfs of Two Letters from the late Roger Gale, Efa F. R. S. 
to Mr. Peter Collinfon, F. R. S. concerning the Vegetation of 
Melon Seeds 33 Tears old ; and of a foil'll Skeleton of a Man. 265. 
VII. A Letter from Mr. W. Watfon, F. R. S. to Francis Wollafton, 
Efpuire , F. R. S. concerning a largo Stone found in the Stomach of 
a Horfe. 268. 
VIII. Extratt of a Letter from Bombay, dated January 23. 1743-4, 
communicated by Francis Woolafton, Efquire } F. R. S. of a Porcu- 
pine /wallowed by a Snake. , 271. 
Y&.ExtraB of dLetter from !>r.Jofeph Laurenr. Bruni,o/Turin,F.jR.$. 
to Mr. Henry Baker, F.R. S. concerning the Bologna Bottles. 272. 
X. A Letter from Mr. Tho. Wright to James Theobald, F/y; 
F.R. S. concerning Two ancient Camps in Hampfhire. 273. 
XI. Obfervations on a Cafe publijhed iu the lafl Volume of the Medi- 
cal Effays, <&c. of Recovering a Man Dead in Appearance , by 
difiending the Lungs with Air. Printed at Edinburgh, 1 744 ^ by 
John Fothergill, Licent. Coll. Med. Lond. 277. 
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