{ "id": "edbefceb18df0b65a789beea83432350f6a17679", "text": "I have tried it in female cases, with great success, by injecting a strong decoction of it in haemorrhages from the uterus, and particularly in fluxes of that kind after delivery.\n\nXLIV. Lunæ defectus Elbis à Doctore Joanne Mendefio Sachetto Barbosa, Philosophiae & Medicinae Professore, Regiæ Societatis Londinensis Socio, & Medicæ Academiae Matritensis, Regalis Elbensis Nosocomii Medico, observatus Die 27—28 Martii, Anno 1755. Communicated by J. De Castro Sarmento, M. D. F. R. S.\n\nRead Nov. 20, 1755.\n\nN. O N telescopio, sed tubo optico sat- tis claro & longo, hoc lunare deli- quium observavi: eclipseos tamen initium, vel in- strumentorum debilitate, vel usus defectu, accurate determinare vix potui. Ne tamen apparentias pro veritatibus acciperem, initium non nisi quando de eo nemo claræ mentis & visus dubitare poterat annotavi. Idem de fine dicendum; veruntamen tempus a me datum pro proxime certo haberi poteat. Pro certo, inquam, non respective ad tempus verum, quia qua- drante, & meridiana fixa certa destituti sumus; sed ad tempus à solari nostro horologio horizontali indi- gitatum. Fatemur tamen hoc horologium solare, secundum regulas gnomonicas, aut non exactè de- scriptum, aut non perfectè locatum nobis videri.\n\nVol. 49. M m Aer\nAer serenus erat, & calidus ad usque 54 gr. thermometri Farenh. sed his non obstantibus, tali modo lunares faculæ sub umbra occultabantur, ut de illis nihil omnino translucebat. Per immersiones datas, maximam obscurationem notare tantummodo potui. Sic umbra, prima Aristarchi & Maris Crisium limina quasi tetigit, & veluti lambit; attamen iis leviter tacitis sistitit, & gradus revertitur. Ac ideo eclipseos quantitatem ad justum, assentientium & instrumenatorum penuria, minimè signare audeo; ex dictis tamen, & ex mensura quadam arbitraria ad digitos 8 & 12′ pervenisse videtur. Media Marium nonnisi æstimativè notantur.\n\nIMMERSIONES.\n\n| h. | ' | \" |\n|----|---|---|\n| 10 | 51 | 15 Eclipseos initium jam certum. |\n| 10 | 56 | 37 Intra Mare Humorum & Grimaldum. |\n| 10 | 59 | 17 Grimaldus totus, & Mare Humorum per medium. |\n| 11 | 4 | 27 Intra Mare Nubium. |\n| 11 | 10 | 8 Absorbetur Galilæus. |\n| 11 | 11 | 39 Ad medium Maris Nubium. |\n| 11 | 15 | 17 Totum Mare Nubium. |\n| 11 | 20 | 37 Reinholdum lambit. |\n| 11 | 30 | 27 Umbra intra Copernicum. |\n| 11 | 32 | 16 Intra umbram sinus Medii. |\n| 11 | 33 | 57 Totus Copernicus. |\n| 11 | 37 | 33 Intra Mare Nectaris. |\n| 11 | 39 | 7 Per medium Maris Nectaris. |\n| 11 | 44 | 8 Totum Mare Nectaris. |\nh. '. \".\n\n11 47 8 Tangit Mare Tranquillitatis, Mare Vaporum *, Mare Imbrium, & Eratothenem.\n11 50 8 Intra Mare Fœcunditatis.\n11 56 8 Totus Eratothenes.\n11 57 43 Pitheam absorbit umbra †.\n12 00 8 Medium Mare Fœcunditatis.\n12 1 38 Tangit Manilium.\n12 4 8 Totum Mare Fœcunditatis.\n12 13 58 Menelaus, & medium Mare Tranquillitatis.\n12 16 25 Tangit Plinium.\n\nEMERSIONES.\n\n12 12 8 Emergit totus Marfilius.\n12 20 8 Eratothenes.\n12 22 8 Galilæus.\n12 23 14 Incipit emergere Copernicus.\n12 24 18 Copernicus totus.\n12 27 23 Totus Grimaldus.\n12 28 28 Medium Mare Tranquillitatis extra umbra.\n12 23 43 Incipit Reinholdus.\n12 35 21 Totum Mare Vaporum ‡.\n12 44 8 Emergit Dionysius.\n12 47 28 Incipit Mare Fœcunditatis.\n12 48 53 Apparet Promontorium acutum.\n\n* Hoc Mare notamus secundum descriptionem Caille, in Lect. Astronom. pag. 118. quam hac in parte verisimiliorum inveni.\n† Secundum eundem Autorem.\n‡ Vide notam asterismo indicatam.\nh. 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