'Tryals to be made on humane blood' Numbered list pertaining to specific investigations on human blood: 1. 'Tryals[sic.] to be made on humane[sic.] blood'. 2. 'What proportion of serum being abstracted wil[sic.] preserve blood'. 3. 'What proportion of spirit of blood wil[sic.] preserve serum'. 4. 'What proportion of spirit of vine wil[sic.] preserve blood after tis drawn of'. 5. 'What quantity of Air wil[sic.] be afforded by Blood in such a time'. 6. 'What quantity of Air wil[sic.] be afforded by Serum in such a time'. 7. 'What quantity of Gall wil[sic.] preserve blood'. 8. 'In what time blood will begin to putrify'. 9. 'Of bleeding thro[ugh] a Funnel along neck'. 10. 'Of preserving Blood with Flowers & Balsam of [alchemical symbol for Sulfur]' 11. 'Of preserving blood with Canary wine'. 12. 'Of mixture of Blood & Milk, & Serum & Milk & their times of putrefaction'. 13. 'Of Covering Blood w[i]th Turpentine & colophony'. 14. 'Of Covering Blood w[i]th Purifyd[sic.] Butter & wax'. 15. 'The Tryal[sic.] of Piece of Scurvy grass [Cochlearia officinalis] upon Blood'. Apparently intended for the second edition of Robert Boyle's 'Human Blood'. Hand: Smith c 1686