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der only. The agarick of the oak may 

 alfo be ufed for this purpofe, where it can 

 be retained by a proper bandage. 



^k^^il^" Thefe applications, as indeed all ftyp. 

 ticks, feem to a6t by conftringing the 

 , extremity of the vefTel, or choaking it up, 

 till a grume of blood is formed inter- 

 nally, which plugs up the orifice ; and has 

 been found to adhere to it fo, as to confti- 

 tute one body with the veiTel. M. La 

 FofTe has prov^ed this by flitting an artery 

 vp longitudinally, when he found that 

 the little grume of clear blood was of 

 a firm confidence, of a lively red, 

 in form of a cone or fugar-loaf, the ba- 

 fis of which adhered to the little inclofing 

 membrane, which fl:iut up the artery with- 

 out ; the pocar of which floated in the 

 - cavity of the vefifel. 



Obferva- I purpofely avoid fetting down any fa- 

 tions. rnous receipts for frefli wounds, whether 

 ointments, or Fryar's balfams, being well 

 aflTured, that in a healthy found confl:i- 

 tution, nature furniflies the beft balfam, 

 and performs herfelf the cure, which is 

 fo often attributed to the medicine: when 

 it is otherv/ife, and the blood is deprived 

 of its balfamic ftate, as will appear from 

 the afpecl of the wound, and its manner 



of 



