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fence of feveral perfons: he opened and fhut the 
fingers of his right hand without the affiftance of the 
other : he could firetch out and bend the carpus and 
metacarpus at pleafure : he took up from the ground 
his glove and other things, and a weight of i6~ lb. 
above three feet, moving it backwards and forwards 
at the fame time ; and he could have employed 
more firength with the affedted arm, than was fufii- 
cient to hold up the weight, without any inconve- 
nience. 
We then firipped both arms, and found, that, as 
to the external appearance, the paralytic arm was be- 
come more like the other ; and the hand and fingers' 
were better covered with fiefh than before. Befides,. 
feveral mufcles of the arm, efpecially thofe of the 
fore-arm, were fuller; the blue and red colour of 
that hand difappeared, and it was now like the 
other. But the extenfion of the elbow was yet a 
little difficult; nor were the fingers yet fufficiently 
flexible ; and therefore it was fomewhat troublefome 
for him to lay hold on, and keep, any thing in his 
hand. On the 28th, he performed all thofe proofs 
before fome profefiors and dodtors of the academy 
with fuccefs. They viewed his arms and hands, and 
the change that was brought about was evident. I 
afterwards eledtrified his arm and hand ; but princi- 
pally the extenfors of the elbow, the great extenfor, 
and the interofleous mufcles, and alfo the indicator 
and mufcles of the thumb. The 29th he told me, 
that the arm fweated continually from the day be- 
fore, which happened feveral times after being elec- 
trified ; and that the fweat would often continue till 
next day. On repeating, this day, my operation, 
