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neath, furniihed with a waxed thread, and 

 made fail according to art or profefiional 

 knowledge. The perfon, whofe immediate 

 province it is to execute this ta£k, ihould, no 

 doubt, be amply furniihed v/ith the neceffary 

 apparatus, (as a variety of needles both crooked 

 and ftraight) ready provided {ov t\\Q facility by 

 every instrument-maker in London. This 

 operation dep.ends fo much upon prcjef/ionaljkill 

 and experimental praBice, that it is m vain to 

 enlarge upon a fubjedt, to comprehend which 

 would require an entire knowledge of the blood 

 veffels, an acquisition only to be obtained 

 by theoretical ftudy and pra6lical experience. 



When the mouths of the bleeding vefiels 

 are obfcured, or fo furrounded with foft narts 

 that it is impoffible to fecure the orifice by th@ 

 affillance of the needle, (which muft be abfo- 

 lutely accompliihed if an artery is feparated) ap- 

 ply immediately a pledget of lint or to^, plenti- 

 fjUy impregnated with r/;?^z/r^ cf jnyrrh^ fri- 

 ar ibalfam, or camphorated fpints, relyino- in 

 this inftance upon the advantage and fafety of 

 a ba?idage (judiciouily adapted, and properly 

 applied), as much as the medical eliicacy of 

 styptic applications. NATURE in this 

 L 3 bufinefs 



