oe discharges of blood, or hemorrhage, often hap 
from various parts of the body. These are not always. aoe ‘ 
and often prove salutary. When such discharges are eri a 
% is frequently the case in fevers, they ought not to be 
indeed is it proper at any time to stop them, unless they: 
as to end the patient’s life. 
Periodical discharges of blood from any part of the body 
be stopped. They are always the efforts of Nature to r 
In the early period of life, bleeding at the nose is 
Those who are further advanced in years, are moré li 
charge of blood from the lungs. After the middle period of life 
piles are common; and in old age, discharges of blood from the ur- 
inary passages. 
Involuntary fluxes may proceed from very different and opposite 
causes; as a sanguine temperament, laxity of the vessels, plet 
habit ; determination of blood to one particular part; 
_ tory disposition. of the blood, as in fevers, particul 
is an obstructed. perspiration and a stricture upon the 
_ &e. ; violent passions ; -overstraining, or inju 
” The cure 08 ofeemereene maust be: adaptedito’ite 
sexes AT THE NOSE. 
When this Biecto be aapped, let the ‘patient blow out - 
tril, or nh ogi and then immediately take a solution of gum 
‘Kino, or crane’s-bill, or any other strong astringent, in the palm of - 
his hand, and snuff it up the bleeding nostril : repeat if necessary 
This will generally stop it. 
When these means are not sufficient, let the patient be seated on 
a cold stone, leaning his head~ forward, and then pour cold water 
: in-a continual. ‘stream on the head and back of the neck ; or 
can be had, snow or ice may be laid on.- Cloths i 
water may be laid on, and changed as_ often as they get w a 
a ‘still continues, tie a cord round Les . 
the veins and prevent the return of the blood. 
he bleeding at the nose proceeds from any general diokaiag 
ac ae: = ae the cause. 
. This i is sometimes an idiopstiins —— though i 
May continue Leis years. withoug aaa incontenience. tt: 
