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bored thro" it, and tied them fad together : 
Then entering the very (lender Point of a Pen- 
knife into the abovementioned Hole, I cut an 
Orifice in the Vein or Artery, and then im- 
mediately fixed the brafs Pipe and Tube to re- 
ceive the following Blood which rofe from 
the jugular Vein of the thirteenth Dog firft 
fix Inches, and on draining ^-|-t Inches, and 
from the Artery four Feet eleven Inches, and 
would doubtlefs have mounted higher, if the 
Blood had not made an Outlet between the 
Artery and the Pitch, fo as to prevent its 
Rife 5 which Inconvenience might eafily be 
prevented by proper Care 1 which if done 
would give us the real Force of the Blood 
againd the Sides of the Arteries, as it did in 
this jugular Vein. 
7 . 1 believe this would be a good Method to 
take the Force of the Blood in lefier Ani- 
mals, where by reafon of the Smallnefs of 
thofe VelTels it might be difficult to infer c 
Pipes into them, which if done thofe Pipes 
would have too fmall a Bore for the Blood 
freely to pafs thro’ them. 
8. I have noted in the following Table, 
Exper.y\]l. Numb. 11. the feveral Heights 
to which the Blood, rofe in Tubes, fixed to 
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