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another trial, to fee whether we could give him any relief. M.Lmmere^ to 
content her, paffed a pipe intothe veiriqf the Patients arm; and fifice 'tis 
neceflary to draw away forne of the old bloud,when new is to be infufcd, he 
opened a vein in his foot for that end. But a violent fit hiving feifed on hitft 
in that inftant, together with a trembling of all his limbs, there iffued no 
bloud out of the foot, nor the arm • which obliged M. Emmerez, to take 
out the pipe put into the arm, without opening the artery of the Calf and fo 
without any Transfufion. 
This poor man dying the night after, and that news being brought us, we 
went thither next morning together with M. Emmerez, and another Chirur- 
gion ; and remembring the Complaints the dead man had often made of his 
wives attempt to poyfon him, we would gladly have open d his Body in the 
prefence of 7. or 8.witnefTes. put (he did fo violently oppofe it, that it was 
not poilible for us to execute our defign We were no fooner gone, but fhe 
beftirr'd her felf exceedingly,as we were inform'd,to bury her husband with 
all fpeed. But being in an indigent condition, (he could not compafs it that 
day. Mean time a famous Phyfitian of the Faculty of P^ra,hapning to be 
that night at the houfeof a Lady, who was folici r ed for a chanty towards 
this Burial, was of the fame mind with us, that his body fhould beopen'd, 
and therefore fent inftantly for Chirurgions to execute. But fhe being re- 
folv'd againft it, ufed lyes and other arcs to elude this defign. And when we 
threatned her, that we would return next morning , and do the thing by 
force, fhe caufed her husband to be buried an hour before day, to prev ent 
our opening of him. 
Asfoon as his death w^rbruited abroad, the Enemies of the Experiment 
began to-triumph^and'foon after they publifht defaming books againftus. 
i then refolved to be filent,but that filence made our Adverfaries but keener. 
And I was furprifed, when two moneths after I was advertifed, that there 
were three Phyfitians that did not budge from the Widow,importuning her 
by promifes of a great recompence, onely to let them ufe her name to 
accufe us before a Court of Jufticefor having contribut;d to the death of 
her husband by the Transfufion ^ and that even they addrefTed themfelves 
to the neighbors of this woman to engage them to bear falfe witnefsagnnft 
us. And fome time after,this woman, raifed by the hopes given her by thofe 
men, came and told us, that fome Phyfitians did extremely follicit her againfl 
u% and that fhe had always refufed them, knowing her obligations to us for 
having relieved her husband freely But fhe drawing from hence no profit,as 
fhe expe&ed fhe fhould, fhe turned her advertifements into menaces, and 
fent us word, that in the prefent neceflity,to which fhe was reduced fhe was 
obliged to-aceept of the offer, made her by certain Phyfitians, if we would 
not aflift her. I fent her this anfwer^that thofe Phyfitians,and her felf flood 
more in need of the Transfufion then ever ber husband had done, and that, 
for my part, I cared not for her threats. But yet I then thought it time to 
break filence, not only my intereft being concern^, but the pHblick,to dif- 
cover to the world thofe perfons that would be engaged in intrigues fo un- 
worthy of Learned men. I complain'd of it to the Lieutenant in Criminal 
caufes, 
