Two guineas to her apothecary

At Warwick, Mrs. Abbots, a widow lady of that town, who by her will left a legacy of two guineas to her apothecary, on condition of his cutting through the skin of her throat after her decease; to proceed no further, if she bled; but, if she did not bleed, to cut quite through her wind-pipe; both which operations her maid, agreeable to her promise, saw punctually executed, and thereby entitled herself to a very handsome legacy.