130 Internal ExMlition of the Acetate of Lead. 



fpurth dose. His pulse began to rise in the evening, and 

 next day I ordered him the bark : by the use of porter he 

 soon recovered strength, though he continues very pale. 

 He certainly l^ist a great deal of blood, but I cannot state 

 the precise quantity. 



On mentioning these cases to the Flon. Doctor Bibb, of 

 the House of Representatives, from Georgia — he stated that 

 with eqiial success he had given the sugar of lead to a y^mig 

 lady, who, during a paroxysm of fever, had an intestinal 

 haemorrhai£e. The doses, however, which he prescribed did 

 not exceed two grains; and the salvation of the life of bis 

 patient as certainly depended on the sugar of lead, as in the 

 cases I have related. 



My prejudice respecting the poisonous qualities of lead 

 btjing by these cases removed, I readily gave it a trial in other 

 instances. In uterine haemorrhage I found it of essential 

 service, like all who used it before me. 



Mrs. A. the wife of the D M , of the marine 



corps, aged about fony-five years, had a constant discharge 

 of blood from her vagina, for four months ; within a few 

 days it became so profuse as to endanger her life; when 

 called to her, I directed the exhibition of three grains of su- 

 crar of lead every two hours. The third dose relieved, and 

 sitice I have heard of no further complaints. In cases of diar- 

 rhoea, I have met with the same success, from the use of 

 lead, which Dr. Archer has stated in a former number of, 

 the Repository. But the cases in which I used it were, 

 attended with high inflammation; and one of my fetlow^ 

 pfactitioners told me, that the medicine uniformly failed^ 

 when the system was in a low slate. Within the last month 

 I have used it in the following case : 



John Russel, a boy aged thirteen years, belonging to 

 lieut. Harriden, of the navy, drank at once, one pint and 

 three gills of strong apple brandy. In a short time he had 

 no pulse, quick respiration, and all around him thought he 

 was dying. About five hours after the spirit was drunk, I 

 was called to him. Such was his inirritable state, that no- 

 thing which was introduced into his throat could excite 

 vomiting. I had to rely only on external remedies, and 

 these I applied in full force. It was only by severe general 

 whippings, rubbing vvith mustard and vinegar, and finally 

 by blisters caused by the blaze of fire, that I could excite any 

 action in his system. In fifteen hours I had to resort to in- 

 jections of ether, brandy, laudanum, and such stimulants, 

 to keep him from sinking. These were discontinued by de- 

 grees, until the end of the third day. On the fourth day he 



had 



