| Show the secret of t jv t in february 1677 an englishman English manof of the name of richardson came to paris and gave some very curious performances which proved according to his statement his 1 I 1 ity t llo aie was seen to roast a piece of meat 0 on n h his i tongue ue light a piece of charcoal in his bis mouth by ty means of a pair of bellows seize a bar of red fed hot liot iron in his hand hanl or hold it between his teeth this English mans servana published his masters secret which may be found in the i journal des fes science sciences i in 1809 a spaniard of the name naine of C leonetto gave performances at paris he ile also aiso handled led a bar of red hot iron with impunity pa pass I 1 ss ed it through his hainor stepped upon it drank 1 boiling oil plunged his fengers fingers into melted 1 1 lead put some on his hig tongue and ended airs performance by licking a piece of red hot iron this extraordinary man attract edthe attention of professor Semen trici who began carefully watching him the professor rt remarked marked that the tongue of the incombustible wils wits was covered with a gray layer and this discovery led i i him to try fry some experiments on himself ile he discovered that rubbing in a solution of alum evaporated to a spongy state rendered the skin insensible to the action of red hot iron ile he also rubbed himself with soap and found that even the hair did not burn when in that state satisfied with these investigations the physician rubbed his big tingue with soap and a solution of allmand alu mand the red hot iron produced no sensation on him the tongue tongues when thus prepared could also receive boiling oil which I 1 brew rew cold and could then be swallowed lyl emen trici also detected that the melted lead I 1 leonetto employed was only armets I 1 sible bibie at the temperature of boiling water lems of 0 robert hobein i 62 if the best remedy for rheumatism halls halis Sars sarsaparilla avarilla yellow dock and iodide of 8 am |
