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A Young Woman who had been at a Meeting-house, where the Bonerges had shut Heaven Gates, and threatned Hell to all, who were not on his side of the way; in a great discontent went home, and fell into such despair, that being me∣lancholy by her self in her Cham∣ber, with a Knife cut her Throat; the Wound was near six Inches in length and uneven. When the thing was done, being sent for, I was not in the way, but came about an hour or more after,
where I found another Surgeon had been before me; I was very unwilling to meddle with it, but the Party her self making signs to me, that she would have me look on it, her friends and neigh∣bours perswading me to it; I went about it, and perceived a large quantity of Tow sprinkled with some Astringent Powder cramm'd into the Wound, which I took out. The Wound look'd very dreadful, having clean∣sed it, I saw the Larynx was notcht in two or three places; for as she afterwards told me, she had made two or three cuts at it: Having brought the Lips of the Wound together with five stitches, and drest it with an Ag∣glutinative Balsam; she spoke
not for three days, but on the fourth, askt me if I thought she could live; I told her there was no fear of her death, if she would be but governed, for she was in a Feaver; wherefore I at first bled her, and kept her low, taking care she had every other day a Glyster; the Wound healed as well as one could wish, and in less than three Weeks she reco∣vered.