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“ Dr. Cornelius, who affured me, in Prefence of 
“ Dr. Riviera , that he alfo had tried a great many 
“ times to purge others by electrifying them ; but 
“ that it had never fucceeded with him but once, 
“ which was upon a Maid-Servant, to whom he had 
“ given fome Rhubarb to hold in her hand. Not- 
<c withftanding which, finding it never to have pro- 
<c duced the fame Effect in any other Perfon, it ra- 
“ ther feemed to him, that fome other Caufe might 
“ have occafioned what happened to his Maid. 
“ Pleafe to let me know, if 111 any thing elfe I can 
“ obey your Commands, and you fhall ever find me 
“ ready, to the belt of my Ability,” &c. 
We fee then from this Letter, and from the Ac- 
count I have before given of my Vifit to M. ‘ Pivati , 
that I have not been able to verify at Venice any of 
thofe Facts, in which my Curiofity was interefted. 
I might add alfo (and I ought, without Doubt, fincc 
I have engaged to mention exactly every thing I have 
been able to find out from my Enquiries upon this 
Subject), that of all the Perfons of the Country, 
who have been with M. Pivati, to be certified of 
the Truth of his Experiment from ocular Demon- 
flration, and whom 1 was able to interrogate, I found 
but one who attefted them, as having feen them : 
This was a Phyfician, a Friend of M Pivati, whom 
I found at his Houfc, and who had, as he laid, al- 
moft always aflifted him in his Experiments. 
From Venice I went to Bologna, where I became 
acquainted with Dr. Verati , a Member of the Aca- 
demy T)e I’lnftitut. From the frequent Conven- 
tions I had with him, I was convinced that he was a 
learned; wife, and candid Man, as I had heard before. 
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