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breath, and to fpurt out the water forced into his 
mouth. His hat, which happened to be tied by a 
piece of firing to one of his coat button-holes, he 
often held up with his hand, as a fignal where he 
was. Jufl before the boat came up to him he began 
to be faint, his eyes became dim, and he thought 
himfelf on the verge of finking. This youth, who, by 
his prudence, faved himfelf from drowning, muff, 
at that time, have been fpecifically lighter than 
water. 
VI. An Inflance of the Gut Ileum, cut thro ' by 
a Knife , fuccefsfully treated by Mr. Peter 
Travers, Surgeon , at Lifbon. Communi- 
cated ^JohnHuxham, M.D. F.R.S. 
Lifbon, Auguft 3d, 1756. 
Read Jan. 27, 
1757 - 
A Ntonia Jofec da Cofla, one of the 
King’s meflengers, was attacked 
by two men, and, after receiving two blows on the 
head, was dabbed with a knife in the right hypo- 
gaflric region, about three fingers breadth above 
the os pubis 5 the external wound being larger, as 
the knife was drawn obliquely towards the navel, 
and might be an inch and half in length, the per- 
foration thro’ the peritonaeum about three quarters of 
an inch ; the intefline ileum hanging out about ten 
or twelve inches, and quite pierced thro’, the wound 
in the gut being large enough to admit my fore fin- 
ger. After clearing the grumous blood with warm 
F 2 water 
