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head, making her ufual noife, in endeavouring to 
ipeak. 
The next day, I fixed the condudtor round her 
temples, and throat, and gave flight fhocks, by touch- 
ing fometimes her chin, othertimes her teeth or 
cheeks, with the communicant wire. This fhe difa- 
greeably, though advantageoufly, felt, her jaws hereby 
admitting their being opened a little. 
The next day, I (the gnomon being near ered!) 
increafed the fhocks conflderably, by which, though 
lhe very difcontentedly bore them, the became capa- 
ble of opening her mouth to the width of an inch, 
and of articulating an imperfedt, though, with diffi- 
culty, an intelligible found. 
^ The next day, (the index quite perpendicular) 
Jhe very reludfantly received feveral fmart ffiocks, and 
at laft unexpectedly (the air being very electric) to 
iiich a degree, as to deprive her of her fenfes ; fhe 
becoming thereon, and remaining for half an hour, 
flrongly convulfed. 
1 he next day, after the firft fhock, fhe fpoke fo as 
to be tolerably well underflood, telling us that the 
fhocks were frequently vaftly fevere for her to bear; 
but that, as fhe was fully ienfible of the advantage 
flie had already received thereby, fhe would gladly 
lubmit to my will, in hopes of a further advantage. 
She was even now incapable of bringing "her 
tongue without her teeth, and of moving it without 
great difficulty, complaining it feemed very large, and 
heavy. 
On infpeding her mouth, which fhe was able to 
open to almofl its ufual width, I difeovered nothing 
particular. 
