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ill. 
A Jhort Hifory of the Effects cf the Agaric of 
the Oak in j topping of Bleedings after forne of 
the moft capital Operations in Surgery ; 'with 
an Account of the Manner of its a Sling upon 
the Vejfels. By Jofeph Warner, F. R. S. and 
Surgeon to Guy 's HofpitaL 
Read May 23,‘T' N December ijfl. I had the honour 
*754- q £ communicating to the Royal So- 
ciety the good effects of the agaric of the oak in the 
cafe of a young woman, aged twenty-four years, whofe 
leg I had cut off below the knee. Since that time, I 
have not heard of any farther trials, which have been 
made with it, nor of any accounts, that have been 
given to the Society, of its great ufefulnefs in furgery. 
This may probably arife from the virtues of the 
agaric not being, as yet, much known in England ; or 
from the unwillingnefs of furgeons to adopt fuch a 
method, as they may probably fuppofe to be attended 
with hazard. 
The great fuccefs, which attended my frit ex- 
periment of this kind, was a fufficient inducement 
to make a farther trial of it in other cafes of the like 
nature. This I have done in four more inftances, 
all of which have been attended with fuccefs equal 
to the firft. The particular advantage of the appli- 
cation is evidently this 5 that it has the power of 
effectually refraining the bleeding without giving 
pain j for which reafon, there appears to be lefs of 
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