96 On a Case of Hemorrhage. 



XVI. Case of Hemorrhage, successfully treated by the 

 internal use of the Acetite (or Sugar J of Lead. Com- 

 municated to the Editor hy Dr. George Wil- 

 liamson, Physician in Baltimore. 



ON the 17th of April last, I was desired to see 

 M. F., who was, as she supposed, about to miscarry. 

 But I arh inclined to believe, that she was not preg- 

 nant. Previously to her present indisposition, she had 

 not had her catamenial discharge since the birth of her 

 last child, who was now ten months old. — .On the 14th 

 of the month, she took a cathartic, which had been 

 prescribed by an eminent practitioner of this place, for 

 an affection of her throat. On the 15th, the catame- 

 nia made their appearance. On the 16th, she laboured 

 under violent pains of the back, abdomen, &c. The 

 catamenial discharge was now very sparing, and fre- 

 quently intermitted. Not unfrequently, there were 

 discharged large portions of coagulated blood, some 

 of which she was under the necessity of employing 

 some force to remove from her vagina. These dis- 

 charges were almost always followed by syncope. On 

 the 17th, she went abroad, and, while absent, was at- 

 tacked with very severe pains in her back and abdo- 

 men. Soon after this, I saw her. 



At my first visit, she seemed almost universally dis- 

 eased. She was labouring under an hysteric affection, 

 which seemed to partake, in a considerable degree, of 

 the nature of mania: for although she was very small 

 of stature, and of a delicate make, and her husband a 



