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hole above covered with the Shuttcr^fome other cover may be 
fet over it to keep the Bees from the iujurics of the weather. 
And if this fcparatioo be made in the Spring or Summer^ the 
Bees will like their new houfe the better that it hath been 
ufed before. 
What elfe is to be done , as to the right ordering and ma- 
nagement of Beesjis to be learnt from the Authors that write 
<)f it, and from pcrfons that are beft experienced in it. 
jin Account of the Experiments promifid at the end of the 
mext precedent tranfa0ions^ concerning the wonderful EffeHs 
of the Blood'ftaunchin^ liquor upon a Man and a Woman in 
St, Thomas'/ H(?^/7^///? South- wark London. 
THE King having in his prcfence caufed fome confidcra- 
ble Experimentis to be made with the new Blood-ftop- 
plng liquor upon Brutej,2Lnd there remaining yet (bme perfons 
here doubting, whether it would as well fuccecd upon Men • 
his Ma jefty gave order to his Ghirurgions to go and fee in the 
Hofpitals , whether there were not feme wounded perfons 
whofeblood had need to be ftopp'd* Hereupon there were 
found two very fit Patients in the Hofpical of St.Thomas^ThG 
firft was a Woman labouring under an inveterate Scurvy and 
thcKiogsEviljWhofeLeg wastobecutoff^ becaufe of ama- 
ligoant ulcer, not fufiering her to fleep day or night* The 
other was a Seaman, whofcLegwasalfo to be cat off^ becaufe 
of a wound accompanied with a fraflure made by a canon- 
bullet in the laft Sea-fight. 
The firft EKperimeotthen was made July 3, the King having 
fmt fome of his Ph} fitians and Ghirurgions ro the faid Hofpi» 
taltobeprefent attheoperation^and faithfully to report to 
his Majsffy whatfliould pafs there. The Leg therefore of the 
poor Woman being cut off, immediately the Arterie s were 
dreiKd with fome Wnnen pledgets dipt in the Aftringent li- 
quor with a comprcfs upon it, and a bandage keeping all clofe 
againft the arteries^The fuccefi was^that the blood was ftaunch 
without any other dreffiog- and inftead of complaining , as 
thofe are wont to do who have a limb cut ofFand the mouths of 
whofe arteries areburnt with an hot Iron or a cauftique to 
ftop theblood,this Patient look'd very cheerful, and was fr.ec 
from pain^ and flept two hours after^ and alfo the night fol- 
lowing 
