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 The Surgeon now ordered his Patient to be tript to his Shirt, and then entirely baring the Arm, he began to tretch and examine it, in uch a Manner, that the Tortures he put him to, caued Jones to make everal wry Faces; which the Surgeon oberving, greatly wondered at, crying, ‘What is the Matter, Sir? I am ure it is impoible I hould hurt you.’ And then holding forth the broken Arm, he began a long and very learned Lecture of Anatomy, in which imple and double Fractures were mot accurately conidered, and the everal Ways in which Jones might have broken his Arm were dicued, with proper Annotations, hewing how many of thee would have been better, and how many wore than the preent Cae.

Having at length finih’d his laboured Harangue, with which the Audience, tho’ it had greatly raied their Attention and Admiration, were not much edified, as they really undertood not a ingle Syllable of all he had aid, he proceeded to Buines, which he was more expeditious in finihing, than he had been in beginning.

Jones was then ordered into a Bed, which Mr. Wetern compelled him to ac-