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charges as carefully, and then returns as fafely, as 
any perfon. 
It is farther remarkable, that the boy’s mother, 
her father, and' fifter, are frequently infefted with 
•worms. Her father, tho’ about 60 years of age, is 
ftill much troubled with them : the worms, which 
he voids, appear hat, and much larger than tho fe, 
which his children have obfcrvcd. Her lifter is often 
exceedingly d ifordered by them. About three months 
fince they threw her into violent convulftons, and for 
iome time deprived her of her fenfes. But the mo- 
ther of the boy has been affe&ed in a more extraor- 
dinary manner than the reft. About 20 years ago 
•the voided fome worms, which forced their way 
thro’ the pores of the fkin, as it is fuppofed; for 
they were found in fmall clufters under her arms. 
As the was very young then, fhe does not remember 
how the was particularly affecfted j only, that die 
fuffered violent ftruggles and convulfions. She is 
ftill, about five or fix times in a year, feized with 
fainting fits, which ufually attack her in bed, and 
laft three or four minutes ; but fhe cannot certainly 
fay, tho’ there is very little reafon to doubt, that 
they are occafioned by worms. 
An Account oj the fame Subject y in ci Letter from 
Mr. John Gaze, of Wal'ket, in the County of 
Norfolk, to Mr. Wm. Arderon, F. R. S. Com- 
municated by Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S. 
Read Jan. 26. TOfeph Poftle, fon of John Poftle, of 
/5 J Ingham in Norfolk, until about the 
age of feven years was an healthy well-looking 
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