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i^as divided. The St/rgeoh who was firfl: caird had frc- 
guentiy bound up the Wound, and put a ftop to the feve- 
ra) difcharges ot Blood ( which r hey told me did dot a- 
niount to leis than 6 or 7 quarts at timesj but not without 
a Comprefs on the Trunk of the Ai t'erf above the wound- 
On another impetuous Flux I vvas called ^ but feeing no 
fraall qu^^rtity ot blood difcharged, I was contented to 
let the Wound be bound up, in the (ame manner as it had 
been done before 5 omitting the Comprefs on the Trunk 
of the Arterjf shove^ and adding a'piece of Deal-board, on 
which the Hand and Cubit were fattened, to prevent any 
Motion^ of i hofe parts, as well as the Fingers : Three days 
after, the appucations were taken off, and littleor no Blood 
appeared 5 but two or three hours were fcarce elapfed e rel 
was alarm'd with notice of a irefti Flux. The By-JUnders 
being inftrndted in tha t cafe, to comprefs the Trunks oi the 
Arterj above thQ Cuhlt^ had thereby prevented no 
fmall efFufion of Blood, which muft otherwife have hap- 
pen d: His Surgern hdn^ out of the way, I laid the Trunk 
of the Artery bare above the Wound as expeditioufly as I 
^ could, being forced more than once to let loofe the com- 
prefs above to difcover its Orifice by the Flux of Blood. I 
pafled a Needle with ftrong Waxed Thread under the Ar- 
iery, and made a ligature on its Trunk, which lay con- 
cealed in the Interftice of the M^fcnlus Flexor Digitvrum^ 
2nd th^ Miif cuius Dlmm Flexor Carpi 0 but riotwithftand- 
ing this Ligature on the Trunk of the Artery 'above the 
Wound, the Blood ftill flow'd fronfl the Low& Trunk of 
of xh^ Divided Artery^ yet the velocity of its Current was 
fomuch abated, that it leem'd like Blood flowing from a 
Vein. I left the Wound with a digeftive, and the part vc^ith- 
out hard bandage, it beingnow five weeks fince, I hear 
the Wound is almoft Cicatrix d. The Learned Dr Harris 
was prtfent at the other Operation^ hy "^hvch the Communv' 
.<:at ions oi the large Trunks of the Arteries of tbe Arm were 
my evident. ~ 
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