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they have avowed this Eflfence to be able tocloib^-^nd heal 
wounds in 2 org dayes^ which they coii]4HfcarceheaI 10 1 5 
dayswith theirbeft Uogueots. 
I. To (hew further that extraordiaary quality of this Ef- 
fcoce, Mr. Denis obferves^ that it heals wounds withoit any 
vilible cicatrice and without any fuppuratiooj fayiog^j that by 
tbe fame propriety^it hath of ftaunchiog bIoud,it not oaly clo- 
fcth the Orifices of Veflels opeo'djbut it likewife fo conftrifts 
the Pores of the Fibres of the Flefh uncovered ^ that it foffers 
00 Air to enter, nor any humor to extra vafate out of the 
wound And by this defending a wound againft all the altera- 
tions that may furvenc either from without or from within, it 
preftrves from all fuppuration^and keeps the flefti entire 5 and 
the wound clofing without any lofs or reproduftion of fub- 
fiance, we need not wonder j he faith^ that 'tis done in a (hort 
time , and without an apparent cicatrice. 
Having difpatch't lb far, he takes notice of fome, that have 
made it their bufineft outof envy todifciry this DifcoVery 3 
fome faying the thing not to be fo new as was pretended 5 
thcrs, that it would not fuccccd upon Men, though it did up-- 
00 othfer Animals s others,that this fccrct was not unknown to 
thcm,there needing no more but to makea folutioa of Alurae 
or Vitriol to flop the bleeding of Arteries. 
To which he makes this return !♦ If any Authors men* 
tron fuch an Effence^it ought to be made out^that 'cis the fame 
in kind with this 5 but he defies all that have moft frequen- 
ted Hofpitals and Armies, to fay, whether ever they have hi^ 
therto fcen ufed a liquor 5 by whieh the bloud of Airceries 
opcn'd hath been prefently ftopp'd, as well in the cuttiog off 
of limbs^as inordinary wounds; 2. That Experience proves 
the efficacy of this liquor upon men as well as Brutes; 
That Ibmc of thefe who have ftopp'd the blood with Alliim or 
Vitriol, have done ir only in appearance, only for fome iiiq-' 
Bjents 5 others ha ve ftaunched it indeed by fo drying and bur- 
ning up the wound, that the Animals died upon it 5 othefs 
eould not ftop it neither in effecft oor in appearance, 
Headdsathac for finding the real effe<9: § he will anfv^cr for 
^ane:but,that of his compofition, being aflured, that when 
