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fiery Sparks about the Eye and Eye-lid, whereby 
the Eye appeared very much blood -fhot; but that 
went off in 7 or 8 Minutes. The Woman felt lefs 
Pain the following Night, and opened her Eye in 
the Morning more eafily, and without being ob- 
liged to wipe it, as (he did before: The watry Hu- 
mour and Pain were much diminifhedj and the 
Doctor hoped, that, by repeating the Operation twice 
more, he fhould be able to cure her quite. 
Dr. Brunt gives me next his Information from 
Rome ; which is, that a Gentleman there cover’d 
the internal Surface of a Cylinder of Glafs (which 
fome ufe instead of a Globe) with a purgative Me- 
dicine 5 and that a Man, electrified therewith, found 
on the Spot the fame Effects as if he had fwallowed 
the Medicine. He then recommends to us in Eng- 
land to try how far the ele&ric Power may be of 
Service in Difiempers. 
Thefe Cafes, Sir, and particularly the lafi, as it may 
to fome appear extravagant and whimfical, I fliould 
have been cautious of bringing before the Royal 
Society , had you not judged it proper they fhouid 
be added to thofe fimilar Accounts from other 
Places which were read to us lafi: Meeting. I think 
neither myfelf nor Dr. Brunt anfwerable for the 
Truth of thefe FaCts, as we relate no more than 
what we have received. In Truth, all the Phano- 
mena in Electricity are fo wonderful, that it is fcarcely 
prudent to deny the Pofiibility of any Accounts 
concerning it, till we have made Experiments care- 
fully ourfelves. W e are very. Jure it is pofiible to 
render 
