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terman, that he had applied it after fix amputations, 
-and fuccefsfully ; three times after amputations of 
legs above knee ; and three times after amputations 
of legs below the knee. 
Monfieur Moreau, furgeon to the Hotel DIeu, in- 
forms Dr. Latterman, that he had applied the agaric 
of the oak, after feveral amputations of legs below 
the knee, and after feveral amputations of the arm 
both above and below the elbow, and every time 
with fuccefs : that their method of applying it is by 
placing pieces of the agaric upon the mouths of the 
veflels, and upon them dofiils of lint. 
ExtraSi of the Second Letter^ dated at Paris, 
February 5, 1755. 
Read Feb. ^ "XR. Latterman informs Dr, SchlofTer, 
‘7SS- JL/ that Monfieur Andouillet, furgeon 
of the Charite, has lately amputated a leg above the 
knee. He applied the agaric of the oak in the ufual 
manner, and . no bleeding at all has fince happened. 
Two days after the operation, the Dodtor faw him 
remove the dreflings, and the whole of the agaric : 
the mouths of the vefiels appeared quite clofed, and 
he made no farther ufe of the agaric to the wound. 
The patient has a fair profpedl of doing well 3 and 
the wound appears properly digeftcd. 
Dr. Latterman then proceeds to give Dr. Schlof- 
fer an account of fome experiments made upon the 
principal arteries of horl'es, after being divided. 
Dr. Latterman obferves, that the virtues of the pow- 
der of the lycoperdon, or the lupi crepitus, have 
beea 
