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itfenfibly : Then I applied the rubbed Tube near to 
the falling Jet, which attracted it ftrongly, fo as to 
bend it into a Curve, and fometimes caufe it to fail 
out of the Veffel below. 
II. A Letter from John Huxham, M. D. 
F. R. S. to Thomas Stack, M. D . F. R. S. 
concerning an Extraordinary V enereal Cafe. 
Dear S I R, 
I Have now fent you the uncommon Venereal Cafe 
I promifed in my laft, which, I think, hath fome- 
thing very remarkable in it, and feems very much to 
confirm the Great Boerhaave's Opinion, that the Seat 
of the Lues Venerea is in the Membrana adipofa. 
Mr. R. B. aged about 27, of a bilious, dry Confti- 
tution, had, for fome Yearsbefore his Death, contracted 
a virulent Gonorrhoea , which was fcarce well cured 
before he got a Second, and at length a Third. 
To complete hisMifery, being in the Fleet at Porto- 
bello , he had frequent impure Converfation with 
fome of the Negro Huffies (who probably laboured 
under the word Species of Pox, called the Taws). 
He returned with a very troublefome Itching all 
over him, though no Puftules appeared ; was much 
thinner than ufual, and had a horrible (linking Breath, 
and fpit frequently a foul, corrupt Matter. As he 
had no Running, Ulcer, Bubo, or Nodes , he thought 
all fafe. But not many Days after his Arrival at 
Portfmouth , poji impurum cum impttra Coitum , a 
violent Green- coloured Gonorrhoea appears.— For 
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