^04 ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



iinall beer, with a little geneva among 

 it ; and a fponge dipt in warm watef 

 was frequently applied to the ftump for 

 half an hour, when no haemorrhage ap- 

 pearing, the drellings, as common, 

 were applied, without a ligature being 

 made on any artery, or fo much as any 

 ftyptic applied. The wound digeHcd 

 well, and was quite cicatrized fome 

 weeks ago, which was about 27 months 

 from the operation, without ever any 

 flux of blood occurring. And the wo- 

 man is again in good health. 



Th e hiftories by Mr Derante *, Mr 

 Belchier f, and Mr Anirobuslj:, are un- 

 common and furprizing, as no profufc 

 haemorrhage happened on the divifion 

 of fuch large arteries; yet I imagine the 

 above mentioned inftance is fully as ex- 

 traordinary, and lefs explicable. 



I am, &:c. 



Art. 



* Philofophical tranfactions, No. 370. 



t Ibic'em, N. 449. 



:}: London obfervaticns, vol. 2. art. i«. 



