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This prevents her opening her mouth quite fo wide 
as Ihe formerly could ; but this hindrance is fo little 
as not at prefent to be taken notice of, unlefs hinted at 
beforehand. She now goes to fchool, lives at large, 
and goes out every day when the weather is feafon- 
able; but the eleCtrifing is (till continued, tho’ not 
fo conftantly and regularly as before. This I propofe 
fhould be continued,, until the return of warm wea- 
ther. In the laft week this child was prefented to 
the committee of the Foundling Hofpital, where 
leveral of the governors, who were apprifed of her 
cafe, exprefied their amazement at her, fo unexpect- 
ed, recovery. 
It is here to be obferved, that, except the mufcles 
fubfervient to the motion of her jaw, none fo long 
continued their rigidity as thofe of the back, deno- 
minated “ longiflimi dorfi” by anatomifts. Thefe, 
when almoft all the other mufcles of the body were 
loofe, remaining tenfe and hard and, by pulling 
the loins up towards the fhoulders, continued the 
arch of the fpine before mentioned. As the patient 
was fo much emaciated, thefe mufcles might be 
traced, on each fide of the fpine, from their origin 
to their infertion ; and for a confiderable time after 
Ihe was in other refpeCts recovering, thefe felt hard 
like twifted cords. At length, however, by directing 
the eledricity through them, and the parts near them, 
in a very liberal quantity, thefe likewife gave way, 
and are now as loofe as any other mufcles of her 
body. 
In proportion as a matter is extraordinary, the 
proofs to fupport its reality fhould be extraordinary. 
That excellent maxim, “ Nil temere credere,” fliould 
never 
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