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faw her, and found it had operated four 

 times. About Tcven o'clock that evening, 

 I applied a comprefs and bandage to the cru- 

 ral arteries, at the fame place where they 

 put the .tourniquet in amputations of the 

 thigh, but not fo tight as to endanger a mor- 

 tification of the inferior extremities. At the 

 l^me time, I defired her to fit above the fleam 

 of warm water. I intended to have ftaid 

 with her, to obferve the gradual efFedts of 

 the bandage 3 but unluckily was fent for in 

 a hurry to fee another patient. I left flridi 

 orders, with a woman who was with her, 

 to untie the bandage, in cafe ihe complained 

 of any difficulty of breathing. On my return, 

 about twenty minutes after, I found her in 

 the fame fituation I left her in. Her pulfe 

 indeed beat about fix ftrokes in the minute 

 fafler than before the application of the ban- 

 dage. At the expiration of half an hour, flie 

 began to feel a fenfe of weight and fullnefs in 

 the uterine region, and turned fickilli. As 

 her head and breaft continued pretty eafy, I 

 begged of her to allow the bandage to con- 

 tinue fomewhat longer, and gave her a fpoon- 

 ful of a cordial-julep. An hour and a half 

 after the firft application of the bandage, we 



found 



