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~~(NB.~~ Beside a nominal university
for Physic, as I might almost call it; there
are four others in Italy - if not five - viz -
at [[Bologna]] & [[Padua]] w'ch [which] are the two best -
[[Florence]] & [[Parma]] - but that of [[Parma]]
has not more than about 30 medic'l [medical] Stud'ts [Students] -
I beleive we may count a medical College
also at [[Turin]] - (as well as [[Milan]])

( N.B. Being introduc'd [introduced] to Doct'r [Doctor] [[Flaminio
Torrigiani]] Physic'n [Physician] & Surgeon at Parma
& who is Professor of Anatomy in the University
He shew'd me one of the finest & whitest human Skeleton
I ever saw. Upon this Subject he gives the follow'g [following]
Directions

1'st [first]. Choose a good Subject adult, but young -
w'ch [which] has dy'd [died] of a dropsy or lingering Consumpt'n [Consumption] -
thus all the oil is chiefly extracted from the
Bones

2'ly [secondly] - Take the flesh off not too closely - bett'r [better] leave a
little with the Periosteum - ~~expose~~ cover it
at least a hands breadth with water, & expose it to a
hot Summers Sun 14 Days without changing the
Water

3'ly [thirdly] - then pour off the Water & free the remain'g [remaining]
flesh & membrane from the Bone, w'ch [which] now easily
done, & a good deal of the oil with it

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