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with great impetuofity -, I applied fome of this 

 duft of the puff-ball, which I confined to the 

 part, by only the palm of my hand, for about 

 twelve or fifteen minutes ; and the blood 

 flopped. 



I pricked, in the fame manner, the artery in a 

 horfe's leg -, I drefîèd it with the fame duft, and 

 the blood Hopped in like manner. 



I cut off the fore-leg of another horlè at its 

 upper part, near the thorax, and applied the 

 powder or duft to the (lump, without any 

 other dreffing than a bladder to keep it on, 

 and the blood flopped -, notwithftanding the 

 ftruggles of the horfe to relieve himfelf, for he 

 was thrown, in order to make the operation. 



I afterwards cut off the tail of the fame horfe 

 at the place of its firft joint ; and the blood of 

 the four arteries flopped like the other cafes by 

 the fame treatment. 



I caufed this horfe to be knocked on the 

 head on the fourth day after, and diffecled the 

 divided arteries -, when I found that a mem- 

 branous inclofure was formed, which was half 

 tranfparent and exactly flopped their orifices, 

 the center of each of which had a little grume 

 of blood like a nipple. 



It muft be obferved here that as I examined 

 the flump of this horfe while he was yet alive, I 

 faw with great pleafure, the blood force againft 

 the faid inclofing membrane, which being up- 

 on the level with the fiefh, made it eafy for 



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