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XIV. An Account of the Cafe of William 
Carey, aged Nineteen , whofe Tendons and 
Mufcles are turning into Bones. In a 
Better to the Right Honourable the Lord 
Cadogan, F. R. S. from the Rev, William 
Henry, D. D. F. R. S. 
Caftle-Caldwel], near Ennifkillen, 
My Lord, March I. 1759. 
Read Mar. 22, J T A V I N G come hither with the 
l 7S9- Earl of Shelburne, on a vifit to Sir 
James Caldwell and his Lady, we met with a 
young man, whofe cafe is of fo extraordinary a na- 
ture, that we thought it might be of public utility 
to examine into it ffiridly, and tranfmit it to your 
Lordfhip. 
A great part of his body is, within the fpace of 
two years, offified ; and the offification is continually 
feizing more of the mufcles. 
I have in the cafe bareiy fet down the fads, with- 
out any reafoning thereon. But, fo far as I can con- 
jedure, there feems firft to ooze out of the joints a 
kind of jelly, which by degrees grows hard, fills up 
gradually the fmalier veffels, and concretes into bone. 
If it goes on, I believe within a very few years -the 
man, if he can live, will be completely offified. 
Perhaps it may be of fome benefit to mankind to 
have his cafe made known to the Royal Society, or 
to the College of Phylicians. Your Lordffiip’s judg- 
ment will determine belt how proper this may be. 
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