find the following. I regret that I cannot give
the date, but it is evident from the long form
of the letters that it was quite early. This is
the first mention I have found of the hot-oven
effect afterwards made famous by Chabert.

WONDERFUL PHENOMENON

A correspondent in France writes as
follows: ``Paris has, for some days, rung
with relations of the wonderful exploits
of a Spaniard in that city, who is endowed
with qualities by which he resists the
action of very high degrees of heat, as well
as the influence of strong chemical
reagents. Many histories of the trials to
which he has been submitted before a
Commission of the Institute and Medical
School, have appeared in the public papers;
but the public waits with impatience
for the report to be made in the name of
the Commission by Professor Pinel.

The subject of these trials is a young
man, a native of Toledo, in Spain, 23
years of age, and free of any apparent
peculiarities which can announce anything
remarkable in the organization of his
skin; after examination, one would be
rather disposed to conclude a peculiar