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exaft degree of tightnefs was necelTary to com- 
prefs it* again. Four hours after the operation, he 
had occafiorf to ufe the bed-pan', and his efforts to 
raife himfelf made it bleed fo as juft to ftain the 
roller, but it flopped without doing any thing to it. 
On the feventh he had a viblent fit of coughing, fol- 
lowed by a vomiting, which renewed the bleeding, 
and it bled about three or four ounces, but before 
anyone could come to his afhftance, it flopp’d: how- 
ever, the tourniquet was fcrew’d fo as to make a 
flight prefTure on the femoral artery for a few mi- 
nutes, when it was loofened again. On the loth 
the flump was opened ; it had a very fair' appearance, 
and has gone on very well. The fungus did not 
<lrop off fro'm the great artery tilPthe'i7th. 
March i f, Mr. Thornhill performed an arriputa- 
tion, in the infirmary, above the knee, on a' man of 
twenty-one years of age',* and applied this fungusl 
On the 2oth it was opened, -without the' leaft ftain 
of blood; but on the 2 2d it bled, from a fit of 
coughing : tightening the tourniquet for a fhort time 
flopped it, and it has not bled fince. The fungus 
adhered to the wound till the 30th. 
James Fordv 
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