98 On a Case of Hemorrhage. 



tea was given her as a drink. By the continual use 

 of these remedies, slie soon got better ; and when I 

 called, in the afternoon, she received me with a smile 

 on her countenance, informing me, that she was much 

 better; that her pain had almost entirely ceased, but 

 that there was still remaining a considerable soreness, 

 and that there was then a gentle flow of the menses. 



About one o'clock in the morning, she awoke, 

 much alarmed with the idea of her child's dying : she 

 sprung up immediately in her bed, and caught up 

 her child, which was lying by her side. In conse- 

 quence of these exertions, something gave way (in- 

 ternally), which she compared to the sudden bursting 

 of a bladder, previously distended with air. A most 

 profuse uterine hemorrhage immediately took place. 

 Upon being informed of this, I prepared several doses 

 of the sulphate of alumine (common alum), directed 

 cloths wrung out of cold water and vinegar to be ap- 

 plied to the abdomen and the external genitalia^ and 

 her room to be kept as cold as possible. Her drink 

 was also cold. 



This mode of treatment was of no avail. About two 

 o'clock, when I saw her, the menstrual evacuation 

 was so profuse, as to wet large cloths, in a few mi- 

 nutes, as though they had been bathed in basons of 

 blood. She was now much debilitated, and slight at- 

 tacks of syncope frequently took place. This treat- 

 ment was continued, without any cft'ect. At three 

 o'clock I left her, and at the end of half an hour I was 

 informed, that the hemorrhage was as profuse as ever. 



