COMMERCIAL GOLD LEAF, when electrostatically charged, has a remarkable hemostatic effect on wounded arteries and veins as well as on capillary bleeding. Its usefulness for this purpose and for covering sutured openings and holes in the dura mater, for the control of hemorrhage from bone, and as an agent for preventing adhesions between the dura mater and the brain, as demonstrated in the laboratory and in the human, is the subject of this report. An electrostatic charge is conferred on gold leaf merely by stroking a camel hair brush against a rubber comb and then touching the leaf with the charged brush. Accepting its electrical charge and sticking to the brush, the gold leaf can be placed then directly on the site of hemorrhage, or on any other surgical target. When the charged leaf is touched to the tissue surface, it is released immediately from the brush and clings tightly