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droppings of the Fingers, almost so much as the hollow of her Hand wouldhold. AU the time of this Bkeding the Child never Cryed vehemently, butonlyGroan’d; though about ; Weeks before, it had soch aviolentr fit ofCrying as the Mother seid, the never heard. After the Child was Deadthere appear’d in thole places where the Biood came, litde Holes like the prick-ingsof a Needle.

This Account I had from the Mother of the. Child, who is a very soberWoman; and the told it me with Tears. She also told nie, That theBiood was not thin like Water, but ofthat thicknels as Biood usoally is; andthat the and othevs bclieved, there was lictle or no Biood lest in the Body ofthe Chdd,

„4 Pci-iodicai XVII. Walter Walß:, an Inn-keeper in Trym, born in Ireland, of a Tem-Evicuatio« of perate Dyet, Langutne Gornplexion and plealint flumour, in the 43 Year ofos°,°? t Fore-Fi»- his Age. Anno 165-8, about Basier, was feii’d wirb a grcat Pain over all■nh Mr- his Right Arm; a great Heat, and Rednest in his Right Hand; and a priclc-?-§bs- i n gj n t fi e point oif the Fore-Finger ; whereon there appear’d a final 1 Speck,as if a little Thorn had run in: And fupposing it such heopenM ir, where-upon the Biood i] pun out in a violent but finali Stream. After it had spentits Violence, it would ceale for a while and only drop, and then spring outwith Violenceagain, continuing thus for 24 Hours; till at last he fäintedaway, and then the L/osrl stanch’d of ir seif, and his Pains lest bim. Fromthat time during his whole Life, (which continu’d 12 Tears,) he was fre-quently troubled with like Fits; seldom having a rcfpite of 2 Months; andthey never return’d offner thun in 3 Weeks. He rarely Bled lest than aPottle at a time; the offner the Fit came the lest he Bled, and the morerarely it astäulted him, he Bled the more; whenever they endeavour’d toftaneh the Biood it raised raost exquisite Tortures in his Arm; no Remediesthat were ever ustd proved in the least estectpal ; he had no other Distem-per that troubled him ; neither Season nor Weather wrought uponhimj hehad no outward Accident that at first brought the Bleeding ; Drinking morethan ordinary madehim more apt to Bleed ; he had no Child after his firstscizure. These frequent Fits brought him at last very low, insomuch thattowards his lauer end heJSWbut little, and that too but likeDiluted Wa-ter. He dy’d of thisDistemper on Feh. 13. i 6 fi,

jnEra tion o/ XVIII. An Idferical difcontented Wornan, having a defire to Dye, whoL-Biood at the J ly rejected the help oi Medicine, and within 3 Months being well nigh herGlandula La- Pnd, there happen’d an Eruption of Biood out of the Glandula Lachryrnalis ofzx-Tciopr. tu- one of her Eyes, without anyExternal Injury. There was an Evacuation ofyers. ». 208. jfoij. of Biood, within the spaeeof 30 Hours. About a Week after the fame,l ' Sluce was open’dagain, and flie Bled till fhe Dy’d.

XIX. Here [in France ] bath been found out an admirable FJsence, whichstanchin« Biood; being apply'd to any Artery whatsoever, stops the Biood instantly, withoutby m. Denys. a ny ne ed of Binding up thcWound. Wc first Experimented it upon Dogs,