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lilli them as an Eye-witnefs ; and I fpoke to him with 
a .good deal of Sincerity. M. Pivati promifed me 
he would ; but, as I heard nothing from him after- 
wards, I prefume that he had nothing to fhew me. 
Dr. Sommis , of the Faculty of Phyfic at Turin, 
being at Venice a little while after me, had alfo the 
Curiofity of vifiting- M. Pivati in Augufl laft, and 
to fee, under his Management, the Effects attributed 
to the medicated Tubes. The following is the Letter * 
he wrote me upon this Subjed, Nov. iy. 1749. 
“ Here is, kind Sir, in a few Words, the Ac- 
<c count of what I obferved in Venice , at Signor 
tc Pivati' s , during the Month of Auguji laft. The 
<f 25th Day, after Dinner, he ele&rified me, make- 
tc ing ufe of a Tube of the Length of about five 
<c Inches, and a little more than two in Diameter, 
<c caufing me to hold in my Hand an Ounce of 
<£ Scammony. There were prefent at this Experi- 
“ ment his Excellency the Abbate Barbarigo , the 
tc Fathers Bertinelli and Magrini, J efuits. Dr. Gram- 
“ pint, and feveral other Perfons. I found not any 
< c Change in myfeif either that Evening or the fol- 
<c lowing Day. The 29th of the fame Month I 
<c returned again to Signor Pivati , where 1 found a 
‘ e Gentleman of the Houfe of Sorantvo , two Sganifh 
“ Officers, two other Venetian Gentlemen, a Phy- 
u fician, and fome others; and he cauLd a Tube to 
“ be lined [or plaiftered within] for the Experiment, 
“ which was reprefented by him in a dangerous 
l< Light ; but which was not fuch however as to hinder 
“ my telling him, that I defired that the Experiment 
“ might 
* This Letter is tranflated from the Italian. 
