Paper, 'A relacon [relation] of a man at Bridgewater having a hole in his gutts' by unknown author Paper relating the story of a man in Bridgewater [Bridgwater, Somserset] who had periodic fits of abdominal pain and severe constipation. Remedies, including swallowing musket bullets and consuming a powder, were not successful. The man developed a hole in his abdomen, and some time after voided the bullets from his body. The bullets were subsequently sent to the Royal Society. Subject: Medicine Read to the Royal Society on 9 December 1669. [1669]