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the Houfe to his Afliftance, the poor Man had walk'd 
by himfelf to within about ten Yards of the Houfe, 
where, being quite fpent by the great EfFufion of 
Blood, he fainted away, and lay on the Ground 5 they 
immediately took him up, and carried him into the 
Houfe, and (brew'd a large Quantity of Loaf-Sugar 
powder'd into the Wound, in order to choak the 
Blood, tili they could have the Afliftance of a Sur- 
geon, whom they fent inftantly for to Limehoufe 5 
but the Meflenger being very much frighted, could 
not give the Sufgeon a clear Idea of the Accident, lo 
that when he came to fee the Condition the Man was 
in, he had no Dreflings with him for an Accident of that 
Kind 5 but had brought with him an Apparatus for a 
broken Arm, which he underftood by what he could 
learn from the Meflenger to be the Cafe; however, 
he fent home for proper Dreflings, and when he came 
to examine particularly into the Wound, in order to 
fecure the large Blood-vefiels, there was not the leaft 
Appearance of any, nor any EfFufion of Blood ; fo 
having firft brought the flefhy Parts of the Wound as 
near together as he could by means of a Needle and 
Ligature, he drefs'd him up with a warm Digeftive, 
and apply'd a proper Bandage : The next Morning he 
open'd the Wound again, in Company with two Sur- 
geons more 5 and not perceiving any EfFufion of Blood 
at that Time, he drefs'd him as before, and fent him 
in the Afternoon to St. Thomas s Hofp it al , where he 
was admitted a Patient under the Care of Mr. Femes 
from which Jim e he was conftantly attended, in Ex- 
pedition of a Hemorrhage of Blood from the Sub- 
clavian Artery 5 but there being no Appearance of - 
frefh Bleeding, it was not thought proper to remove 
the 
