(5^3) 
mnM.'D^f^ys md M.Emmmy werebefbught to employ this laft^ 
fuccours. But they^ feeing the deplored ftate of the Sick, ab- 
folateiy refuled to make the tryal, alledging, that theTransfu- 
fionwas not a means to reftore eithei: the folid parts, or to cure 
a Gangrene, which was apparently in his Inteftins v theyihould ' 
have ufedit fooner, and at the very time, when the great eva- 
cuations of bloud were made in the Patient. But , not with- 
ftandingall this, they were exceedingly preff'd^ to comply with 
their dcfires, and not to let their friend dye without trying all 
means poffible. They, being overcome by this importunityj and 
having fecured their honor and fafety, by the declaration ^above^ 
mentioned of the Phyfitians, and by their confent to the tryal^^ 
this Experiment, transfufed into his veins a fmall quantity of ^ 
C^tej-bloud in a morning • whereupon, though this Patient^ 
was already in a Lethargy, and convulfive, and had a very low" 
and creeping pulfe, yet, behold, an unexpeiied change hapned^ 
to him* His pulfe grew higher in an inftant, and became more 
vigorous 5 his Convulfions ceafed g^ he looked fixedly on^ the 
By^ftaryders, fpokepertinentlyj and in divers languages to thofe^ 
that fpoke to him, and fell into a very quiet ileep. Awakening 
three quarters of an hour after, he tookfeveral broaths for the 
reft of the day, not vomiting at all^ nor having a^y ftool ^ at 
though for three dayes before he could take nothing at the 
mouth, nor had had any intermiffionof his loofenefs fince th© ' 
very beginning of his fickncfs. Having thus remained for 24^ 
Iiours> his forces began to diminifli again^ and his pulfe to grow 
low, and the loofenefs to return. His friends then urged a fe- 
cond Transfuj5on, which being at laft performed the next marn- 
ing^ the Patient indeed recovered fome vigour again ,,but thar 
w^asof a fhort duratioOi For though then alfo he took his broatH 
wellj without vomiting, yet he voided ftillby ftool, and at nooM 
he began to decline,, and about 5, at night he dyed, without the 
appearance of any convulfions. His Body being opened before 
the Phyfitians, th^ ikon was found return'd into it felf from the^ 
top to the bottom, and below that knot unto the /^/jj/^/ the Bow* 
ds were all livid^ gangrened, aaeiof anunfupp^orcable ftench. His' 
fancrea$' was extraordinarily hard ^ andfo obftru£ted, that the 
^B4nmatkh jm^h^i ao liberty to di&fe it felf into the Gutso- 
