Excerpt from A Lecture, on the Situation of the Large Blood-Vessels of the Extremities; And the Methods of Making Effectual Pressure on the Arteries, in Cases of Dangerous Effusions of Blood Form Wounds: Delivered to the Scholars of the Late Maritime School at Chelsea; And First Printed for Their Use; To Which Is Now Added, a Brief Explanation of the Nature of Wounds, More Particularly Those Received From Fire-Arms Niquet, more general; not confined to the navy and army, but extended to col leges and fchools, particularly military and. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.