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the discharge is very rapid ; as in such a case I 

 have sometimes found all the above methods to 

 prove ineffectual : nor will the application of either 

 pitch, bees' wax, or sealing wax, (at the same time 

 searing the wounded part with a hot iron,) answer 

 the intended purpose. 



When a Vine bleeds rapidly the most effectual 

 expedient I have hitherto been able to devise to 

 stop its progress is, first, to peel off, or divest that 

 part of the branch adjoining the wound of all the 

 outside bark ; then with a sponge to dry up the 

 moisture, and immediately to wrap round the 

 wounded part a piece of an ox's bladder, spread 

 over with tar, or pitch, made warm in the manner 

 of a plaster. The whole must be securely tied 

 with a strong thread, well rubbed with bees' wax. 



The bandage and bladder should be permitted 

 to remain upon the branch for the space of three 

 weeks, or a month, after the operation is performed. 



hand that made the sun. The meanest vegetable, and the most 

 finished animal, are equally the care of Providence. We con- 

 constantly view the wisdom of God in his works ; and yet, as 

 the wise man observes, i hardly do we guess aright at the things 

 that are upon the earth, and with labour do we find the things 

 that are before us." 



Georgical Essays, by A. Hunter, M. D. page 79. 



