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Mufcular  Contraction  by  Electricity.  i o i 
which  life  could  not  be  defirable,  to  a comfortable  aflo- 
ciation  with  her  family  and  friends. 
I am,  8cc. 
THE  method  I purfued  was,  to  place  the  lady  upon 
a ftool  with  glafs  legs,  and  to  draw  ftrong  fparks,  for  at 
lead:  ten  minutes,  from  the  mufcles  on  both  lides  of  her 
neck.  Beiides  this,  I generally  gave  her  two  fhocks  from 
a bottle  containing  1 5 fquare  inches  of  coated  furface 
fully  charged,  through  her  neck  and  one  of  her  arms, 
eroding  the  neck  in  different  directions.  This  treatment 
fhe  fubmitted  to  with  a proper  refolution ; and  it  gave  me 
fincere  pleafure  to  find  it  attended  with  the  defired 
fuccefs.  W.  HENLY. 
