Moff. Brenaife, isfaid to be the Reviver of the Pra- 
SiiQQ of Stitching divided Tendons. The f Mifiellanea t An. 15. 
Curiofa^ md Mon. Terduc , give us differing Accounts 
of bis way of operating • tiie manner mentioned by 
the Firft (eems not Pra&icable ; nor is Ferdnc s with- 
out Perplexity, andfcarce inteiligibJe, > 
Moft. Fauguion in his Chirurgical Operations (iate* 
ly Publilhed in Englijh^ follows the Account MocC 
Verduc has given of MonC Bremt[e s manner • 10 which 
they both agree, that one end of the divided Tendon 
muft be drawn over the other,which could not have been 
done in the prefent Inftance ; nor do I believe it is ne- 
ceflary in other Cafes or that fo many Comprefles 
they fpeak of, ftould be ufeful in the Sutures of Ten- 
dons ; concerning which their Writings may be con- 
fuked. 
Befides thefe, there are other Writers of Chirurgical 
Operations in French , who pretend to give an Account 
of the manner of Stitching of Tendons, and feem to 
I acquiefce in M. Erenaife's Method. 
Huck in his ChiruVgicai Operations, defcribes this 
amongft the reft, in thele words: 'Thus I pafs (fays he) a 
' ' flrong Waxed Thread through the extremities of the 
' divided Tendon. This done, by the Affiftance of a 
* Comprefs of Cork or Leather, the ends of the Ten- 
' don may be drawn to each other, and the Ligature 
' will be firmer ; nor can there be fuch Hazard of the 
' Laceration of their ends, as in tying them without a 
I * Comprefs ; he not faying any thing of either end of 
* the Tendon being brought over the other. 
Tho' the Authority of fo many Writers would have 
f prevaifd with me infome meafure, to have an Opinion 
of the Succefs of fuch an Attempt ; yet the Contradi- 
d"ions of Others , of no iels Note, would have left me 
dubious, 
