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tained by any peculiar fymptom diftinguifhable by 
by the touch, or perceptible to the eye. 
Seeing this, I immediately filled up the wound 
with lint and tow ; and then proceeded, in as expe- 
ditious a manner as pofiible, to apply a tight band- 
age upon the thigh, near to the groin; and, left 
this might accidentally break, I applied a fecond li- 
gature below the firft, and proceeded to amputate 
the limb upon the fpot. 
During the operation the man fainted, but foon 
recovered from this deliquium ; and, without any 
bad fymptoms, gradually recovered his reft, appe- 
tite, and ftrength, and is now in perfect health. 
Upon a difledtion of the thigh and leg, I difcovered 
the following appearances : 
A great part of the flefhy portions of two of the 
extenfor mufcles of the leg, to wit, the vafius in- 
terims , and crureus , were deftroyed, witji the fub- 
jacent periofteum. 
Four of the mufcles, whofe ufes are to bend the 
leg, and which compofe the internal and external 
hamftrings ; to wit, gracilis , J' emit end mofus, femi- 
membranofeis, and biceps tibiae , together with that 
addudlor and flexor mufcle of the leg called fartorius , 
were removed at a confiderable diftance from the 
thigh-bone on its inferior part, and from the tibia 
and fibula on their fuperior parts ; by which means a 
large bed or cavity was formed for containing the 
extravafation, which confifted partly of a fluid, and 
partly of a coagulated blood ; but by far the greateft 
part of the coagulum had acquired fo firm and 
fibrous a confidence and appearance, as nearly to re- 
femble brown macerated leather in its colour and 
V o l. 50. B b b texture 
