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with : And the Journal des Scavans glorieth, that the French 
have advanced this Invention fo far, as to trie it upon Men , be- 
fore any Englifh did it, and that with good fuccefs. 
We readily grant, They were the fifft, we know off, that a&u- 
ally thus improved the Experiment ; but then they muff give us 
leave to inform them of this Truth, that the Philofophers in Eng- 
land had pra&ifed it long agoe upon Man , if they had not been 
fo tender in hazarding the Life of Man (which they take fo much 
pains for to preferve and relieve) nor fo fcrupulous toincurre the 
Penalties of the Law, which in E ngland^ is more ftridt and nice in 
cafes of this concernment,than thofe of many other Nations are 
The Publisher can after t bona fde^ that feveral Moneths agoe 
he faw himfelf the Infmments ready, and heard the Method a- 
greedon, thought proper to execute this Operation upon Man. 
And, for further proof thereof, he fhall here infert the whole way 
peculiarly contrived here for this purpofe, by the Ingenious Dr* 
Edmund King, and by him communicated in a Letter; Monfieur 
Denjs not having thought fit to defcribe the manner they ufed in 
lF ranee for Men ; nor any body elfe, come to our knowledge. 
The Letter is as follows, 
SIR, 
T He Method of Trans fifing Blond you have fecn pra- 
Bifed, with facility enough , from Be aft to Be aft ; 
> and we have things in a readinefs to tra?jsfufe Blond from 
the Artery of a Lamb, Kid, or what other Animal may 
be thought proper , into the Vein of a Man. We have been 
ready for this Experiment theft fix Months , and wait for 
nothing but good opportunities ,and the removal of fome 
confider ations of a Mcral nature. I gave you a view 
you may remember , a good while agoe , of the Inflruments 
1 thin ft very pr oper for the Experiment , which are only a 
Silver Tube, with a Silver Stopper fomewhat blunted at 
.one end , and flatted at the other for conveniency of hand- 
ufed already upon Beafts with good fuccefs . The 
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