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Wound* and Held upon it a little while; when, by realbn of thcgreatGlut of Elood , that could not be well wip’d away for want of a Spunge,(which made the Experimenter conjecture the Application had not been ex-actly /nade) the Lint waschang’d for a fresli one dipp’d in the Liquor, andkept on about half an Hour, and being thcn let loose, the Elood was soonfiancb'd ; whereupon the D og being unbound, lick’d the Wound, andwalked away without any Ligature.

By M.Denys. f. ffun. i 8. 167 z. Mr. Denys himfelf being come to London, made an-Ib ' other Tryal before the R. Soc/etjr. In the Crural Artery of a Dog was made

an oblique wide Gut, and the Liquor in the. usiial mannet being apply’d toit, the Blood was fi ane]} d in 7 Minutes, and the Dog being thcn let loose,but yet kept quiet for 23 Mwutes longer, he then arose and let fall the ap*ply’d Compreß, and went away without any Bandage.

By .: ib. 6. Jun. zo. TÖ73. Two Calves, of the bigger fort, were brought into

the Banquetting-Houfe by the King’s Command. The Crural Artery of oneof them being laid bare, it was Cut open long*way$ with a Lancet, andprescntly a Lint dipp’d in the seid EJJence apply’d to the Wound. The Bloodwas fioffd in about a quarter of an Hour ; But the Animal being big andstrong, and striving continually to get up, the Artery broke out again;whereupon a fresh Lint dip’d in this Healing Water, was laid on again.The Blood was at length so stopp’d, that about the end of 2 Hours theBeastarofe, walked about the House without loosing any Blood more, thoughthe Wound had no Bandage on it. Of the other Calf, the Butcher Gut offqui'« one of his Legs, as high as he could, and the Blood rufhing out impe-oufiy, a Ccmpresi of Lint dipp’d in the Efience was presently apply’d to thePart. Here more care Was taken than before, of keeping the Animalquiet; and about the end of a quarter of an Hour the Blood was found per-fectly Stand i. Several of the Kinff s Physicians and Chirurgions did exa-mine the Wounds, aster the Blood was stopp’d, and found them ciear with-out any Efiarr : and his Majefij, who was present at thele Experiments,declar’d himfelf publickly to be very well setisfy’d with it.

By 7. The King having given order that Mr. Denys fhotild be desir’d to com-

«.99. p.6079. pumicate the Leeret, a quantity of it was made in his Majefiys own Labc-ratory , of which Tryals were made upon 3 Calves in Whitehall, ~ful. , 2.1673. a Leg of each of them being Cut on, as high as was poihble, andthe Blood of them stopp’d with this new Liquor , to the admiration of allthe Spectators. For this Water, having been prepar’d with more exactnessthan ever, the Effect of it was so quick and powerful, that the Blood wasstopp’d in 4 Mm. of time ; the Calves by their Motion making the Pled-gets to lall oft, that had been put on the Parts Cut, and not a Drop ofBlood appearing.

$ .„ 9f . 8. i Jul. 1673. The Leg of a poor Woman (Iabouring under an in-

/- «. fi- veterate Scurvy and the Kings -Evii, in the Hcfiital ofSt. Themas ) was Cut

f. 6078. oft, because of a Malignant Vlcer , not fuftering her to steepDay or Night.

Immediately afterwards, the Arterits were Drest with some Linnen Pledgetsdipt in rhe Jfiringcnt Liquor, with a Compreß upon it, and a Bandage keep-ing