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plied a pledget of tow fpread with common digeflive 
over it, and over that a circular piece of fliff paper, 
to make the preffure of the palm of the hand more 
equal. This done, after three or four minutes I de- 
fired my afliflant to flacken the tourniquet-ligature ; 
upon which it bled at a great rate, and made fome 
of my brethren foon imagine, and declare, they 
thought it would not do in this cafe. I was not with- 
out the fame fears ; but we went on with refolution, 
and every thing was conduced by us without hurry 
or confufion. I delired to have the tourniquet-liga- 
ture let quite loofe, in order to remove, as much as 
pofftble, all impediment to the reflux of the blood, 
and made ftrong comprefTion at the end of the flump, 
upon which the bleeding almofl inflantly abated, 
which was totally flopped in about half an hour af- 
ter j and, in die whole, I believe he did not lofe more 
than twelve ounces of blood. Now, apprehending 
that the circular flru<5ture of the common bandage, 
as ufually applied, might produce the fame inconve- 
nience, which I obferved arole from the tourniquet- 
ligature before it was quite loofe, if no other attended 
it, having flrong fufpicions of flrait bandage doing 
much miichief ; I therefore only put feveral flrips of 
common plaifler, about an inch broad, over the piece 
of ftiff paper at the end of the flump, to meet and 
lap over at the top of the knee when bent, and then 
flipped on a barber’s woollen cap* which method 
feemed to us to anfwer the purpofe very well in this, 
as I have found it do in fome other amputations. A 
phyfician, and four furgeons of eminence, who were 
defirous of feeing the effect of the agaric, were pre- 
fent at the operation. Four days after I opened the 
flump, 
