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111 order to wipe off this Prejudice, ('as far as Ar- 
gument will go in this Matter it may be affirm d, 
that Larjngotomj is in great danger of Suffocation, 
allowable , and the Wound curable : for that, (to 
ar-gue i fortiori) when the Trachea has been Ctu 
through^ the Parts have been joyn'd together, and 
the Wound cured. 
Indeed, the ErJcydoff^dia Chirtirgica (Lik 2. cap. 
has thefe words, (vulnera fell. ^(per£ Arteriji) ut 
flurimum fericulo [unt fUnijfima ; fr^firtim fi vafa Ju- 
gular i a fimul fint difciffa, aut ipfa Arteria integre per 
tranfverjum dijfecfa ; quse nulla Arte denuo conneite- 
tur , Jed Machind human^^ totalem ajfert d.flru^H' 
omm. 
But, in oppofition to this Voluminous Authority, 
r beg leave to prelent you, with the following Obler* 
vation, lent me by an Ingenious Chirurgeon, Mx.John 
Kern of Cornwal, v^^io perform'd the Cure. ¥ou have 
it under his own Hand. 
Nicholas Hohh, of St Enodor in Cor^mal, aged Sixty 
three or thereabout, was fome time in March 16^6. 
at a diftance from any Houlfe fct on by Ruffians, 
who firft by a Blow on the Occiput knockt him to the 
Ground ; then. tr^anfeoted the /w^f^ fomewhat beneath 
thtPomum Adami, together with feveral of the adjacent 
Mufcles, and fome large Blood-Ve(Iels ; from which 
he loft a very great quantity* of Blood, feen afterwards 
lying en the Ground The Ruffians having Robb'd him, 
and thinking him either dead, or paft all recovery, 
left him. After fome time the Wounded Man recovers 
ft) much Senfe and Strength as to thruft his Neckcloth; 
into the large and gaping Wound, and by degrees to 
craul Home to his own Houfe, not far from the Scene 
of this Tragedy. In 
