| Description | 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 |