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neath, furnilhed with a waxed thread, and 

 made faft according to art or profeffional 

 knowledge. The perfon, whofe immediate 

 province it is to execute this ta{k, fhould, no 

 doubt, be amply furniihed with the neceffary 

 apparatus, (as a variety of needles both crooked 

 and ftraight) ready provided for iht faculty by 

 every instrument maker in London. This 

 operation depends fo much u^on prof effiofial Jki II 

 and experimental pradiice J that it is in 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 iludy 2ini pra^ical experience. 



When the mouths of the bleeding veflels 

 are obfcured, or fo furrounded with foft parts 

 that it is impoffible to fecure the orifice by the 

 affiftance of the needle, (which muft be abfo- 

 lutely accomplifhed if an artery is feparated) ap- 

 ply immediately a pledget vi Irnt or tow, plenti- 

 fully impregnated with tinBure of myrrh ^ friar i 

 balfaniy or camphorated fpirits ; relying in this 

 inftance upon the advantage and fafety of a 

 J)dndage (judicioufly adapted, and properly 

 applied,) as much as the medical efficacy of 

 STYPTIC application^. NATURE in this 

 L 3 bufinefs 



