Part of a Letter from Mr N. Regnart, concerning a Pin Found in the Gizard of a Fowl

rara est, ut nullam huic similem vel descriptam, vel in Cimelii repositam, me observasse meminerim. Quin Doctiss. & Rev. Patet Bonannius in libro cui titulus, Recreatione dell Occhio &c. Part 3. Probl. 35. ex eodem fundamento concluderit non dari in rerum natura, nec posse dari ob rationes ab ipso allatas, quae loco citato suse videri possunt. Præter descripta hic aquatilia coloris coerulei omnia, frequentia quoq; apparebant animalcula ab Imperato Vela marina dicta perelegantia, itidem coeruleo imbuto colore, quae etiam si accuratiore examine digna sint, hic præteribo, ne navis meæ in hoc oceano fluctuantis vela, denuo horum commemoratione turgere incipient, quae lubens jam contraho. Superest ut prolixitatis literarum mearum a te petiam veniam, utinam tantâ in lectione earum persundereris delectatione, quantâ ego in rerum, quae iis includentur observatione sed hoc prohibent, tum materiæ sterilitas, quum inconditus stylus, cui ut ignoscas, meq; & conatus meos qualescunq; Illustriss. Regiæ Societati ulteriùs de meliori notâ commendes, etiam atque etiam rogo. Vale, Vir Celeberrime, meq; ut cœpisti, ama. Dabam Patavii pridie Calend. Aprilis, 1704. Stylo nov. --- III. Part of a Letter from Mr N. Regnart, concerning a Pin found in the Gizzard of a Fowl. Sir, I cannot but take notice to you of a particular accident, that seems to deserve your Observation: Which is, that in cutting the Stomach or Gizzard of a Fowl, finding something refisted my Knife, upon examining it farther, I discover'd it to be a Pin, which the Pullet had swallowed, and in all probability had lain in her some time: For it had pierced thro the Membrane on the inside, and made a passage into the thick part, where it had form'd itself a Bed. It is observable, that the head of the Pin had past thro the first shrive'l'd Membrane, but stopt at the second, which seem'd more thick and Nervous; so that the Head remain'd inclosed between the two Membranes, the Body of it having made its way into the fleshy Muscular part. At the point there was form'd a Callus, of the bigness of a small Pea, which seem'd a defence, that Nature had made to oppose it, as it was working itself farther. It is not in the least strange that a Pin should lye in the fleshy parts, since we see a Musquet-Ball will lye there a considerable time, without much injuring the part; but how it should pass thro the Membranes of the Stomach, without obstructing its functions, and the Pullet thrive well after it, I leave you to determine. IV. Olavi