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Jane the 12 th, 1747, I was Tent for to a (lift John 
S r, of the parifh of St. dear. The meffenger 
informed me, he had cut his throat from ear to ear. 
When I came to him, I found a very large wound, 
near feven inches long, three parts round his neck ; 
the trachea cut almofl through ; but the knife had 
luckily efcaped wounding the jugular arteries. No 
confiderable haemorrhage en fued, and that was en- 
tirely flopped. I endeavoured a reunion of the parts 
by future; which I performed in the following man- 
ner. I firfl made two flitches through the external 
parts and wind-pipe, which I conveniently performed, 
as the wound admitted of introducing my fore-finger 
and thumb into the trachea, and left them untied, 
till I had brought the two ends of the wound into 
contadl by future ; then tying the two flitches, it had 
a fair afpedt for reunion ; which, by fuperficial dreff- 
ing and bandage, was completed in a month’s time. 
As foon as I had dreffed him, he was able to fpeak, 
and informed me, as well as his neighbours, that his 
wife had made that defperate attempt on his life, in 
a wood, coming from her father’s houfe to the place 
where fhe was a fervant, by firft blindfolding him 
with handkerchiefs, and then, under pretence of 
taking meafure to make a new fhirt for him, took off' 
his flock, unbuttoned his collar, cut his throat, and 
then ran from him. After he had been about a fort- 
night employed about his buflnefs, as a carpenter, he 
complained of a troublefome tickling cough, and lofs 
of appetite. His complaints grew worfe, and I was 
fearful of an ulcer being formed internally, as he had 
-every appearance of a confumption. But coming one 
