42 Memoirs of the late 
“TI made use of the spunge for the stoppage 
of hemorrhagesin all cases, indiscriminately, 
for near three years, in which time there were 
nineteen operations of the larger extremities, 
six of which were of the thigh, and in most 
of the principal operations of surgery, as li- 
thotomy, castration, bubonocele, the trepan, 
schirrous and cancerous breasts, besides many 
accidental wounds, violent hemorrhages from 
the extraction of teeth, where it was pecu- 
liarly useful, and after the application of 
leeches. For four or five hours after an ope- 
ration, constant attention was necessary, but 
after that period, the vessels were found per- 
fectly secure, even more so, than when the 
needle and ligature had been employed.” This 
application was, in a great measure, super- 
seded by Mr. Bromfield’s invention of the 
tenaculum, which, by laying hold of the ves- 
sels, and drawing them out from the sur- 
rounding substances, facilitates the tying of 
them, and is generally attended with little or 
no pain. But still, cases not unfrequently oe- 
cur, where the spunge is of important ad- 
vantage. Mr. White himself candidly and 
promptly adopted, and has bestowed merited 
praise on Mr. Bromfield’s invention. 
In the 51st Volume of the Philosophical 
Transactions, Mr. White has given “an ac- 
