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PHILOSOPHICAL
TRANSACTIONS.
Monday, May, 18. 1668.
The Contents.
An Account of an Experiment concerning Deafness.A New Discovery touching Vision, made in France.A letter written to the Publisher concerning some Anatomical Inventions and of Observations, &c.Some Observations concerning the Comet, that hath lately appeared in forrain parts, communicated from Italy and Portugal.An Account of some Books.I. GEOMETRÆ PARS UNIVERSALIS, Quantitatum Curvarum transmutationi & measuræ inserviens, Auth. FAC. GREGORIO, Scoto:Where are inserted some remarks, imparted by the same Author in two Letters written to a member of the R. Society.II. AN INTRODUCTION to ALGEBRA, translated out of High Dutch into English: by THO. BRANCKER, M.A; much altered and augmented by D.F.P.III. AN ESSAY towards a REAL CHARACTER and a PHILOSOPHICAL LANGUAGE, by JOHN WILKINS, D.D. &c.IV. STANISLAI De LUBIENIETZ THEATRUM COMETICUM, &c.
An Account
Of an Experiment concerning Deafness, communicated to the R. Society, by that Worthy and learned Divine Dr. William Holder, as followeth;
A Young Gentleman, known to divers of the R.Society, was born Deaf, and continued Dumb till his Age of 10. or 11. years. His mother, when she was great with him, received a sudden fright; by occasion whereof, the child's head and face were a little distorted, the whole right side {as I remember) being somewhat elevated, and the left depressed so that
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