DR. DARWIN. Ill 



reverie, he faid, " Lady Northefk, an art 

 " was pradtifed in former years, which 

 " the medical world has very long difufed; 

 " that of injecting blood into the veins by 

 " a fyringe, and thus repairing the waftc 

 " of difeafes like yours. Human blood, 

 <e and that of calves and fheep, were 

 " ufed promifcuoufly. Superftition at- 

 " tached impiety to the practice. It was 

 (( put a ftop to in England by a bull of 

 " excommunication from forne of our 

 " Popifh Princes, againft the practitioners 

 <( of fanguinary inje&ion. That it had 

 " been pra&ifed with fuccefs, we may, 

 " from this interdiclion, fairly conclude ; 

 " elfe reftraint upon its continuance muit 

 " have been fuperfluous. We have a very 

 " ingenious watch-maker here, whom I 

 " think I could inftrucl: to form a proper 

 " inftrument for the purpofe, if you chofe 

 " to fubmit to the experiment." She 

 replied cheerfully, " that ihe had not 



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