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experience. I don't tell you anything new, but recall your attention to the 

 fact and confirm, as far as my evidence goes, what has been said of these 

 articles by others. Let me say, while speaking of these invaluable remedies, 

 that in uterine hemorrhage you can't have too much confidence in them. 

 They are just what you want. Don't resort to ergot. Give oil of erigeron, 

 10 drops, every hour, and oftener, if needs be; and between each doze give 

 15 drops tinct. oil of cinnamon, made by adding oil of cinnamon, 1 fl. dr., to 

 best alcohol, 95 ^ 1 fl. oz. I use both remedies in every case, alternating. 

 Don't know which does the most good; neither do I care much, so I save my 

 patient. Just had a bad case last week, caused by retained membranes. The case 

 had been managed by other physicians, and 4 or 5 days after the deUvery, the 

 hemorrhage was very excessive and threatened the life of the patient in a short 

 time. The doctor who sent for me had used ergot, opium, lead and tannin, and 

 had resorted to the tampon. I suggested the above named remedies, and com- 

 menced the use of them at once. The hemorrhage ceased almost entirely In 4 

 hours, and we had no trouble in controlling it afterwards." 



Remarks. — It is facts like these which have now well established the belief 

 In the specific, or positive action, of medicines, and I trust that others may 

 have sufficient confidence in them to use them when needed. This is one of 

 the objects in writing this book, that these well established facts may reach the 

 thousands, or hundreds of thousands, of the people, rather than stop with only 

 a few physicians, 



3. Hemorrhage from the "Womb, vVith High Pulse ajid 

 JPever. — Being called to a case wheie an abortiv^in had been performed, in an 

 early stage of pregnancy (not knowing for some time after, of the cause), find- 

 ing the wasting, or hemorrhage, considerable, I gave: 



I. Fl. ex. of ergot, % oz. ; gallic acid, 40 grs. ; mixed. Dose — ^ tea- 

 ■poonful every 2 hours, until pain and contraction of the womb was produced, 

 then once in 4 or 5 hours only, until the wasting ceased- 



II. For the High Pulse— I gave tinct. veratrum viride, 6 drops, with tinct. 

 aconite, 3 drops, every 2 hours, alternating with the first, giving the second 1 

 hour af tCT the ergot mixture had been given, dropping each into a tumbler, so 

 as to get this number of drops, of each, in a tea-spoonful of water, when given. 

 For instance, 36 drops of the veratrum and 18 drops of aconite, with 6 tea- 

 spoonfuls of water, gave the right dose each time. 



Remarks.— RernQmher, however, that the veratnmi and aconite mixture la 

 only to reduce the pulse, which was about 120; when this comes down to 80, 

 then give this only once in 4 or 6 hours, to keep the pulse at about this grade; 

 if continued too long, it will reduce too much, and also distress and nauseate 

 the stomach, which is not necessary, and should always be avoided if possible. 

 The strength must be helped up with 2 or 3 grain doses of quinine, or " Dex- 

 tro " quinine, in same doses three times daily'. 



The urine in such cases may need some attention, and call for acetate, 

 ©r nitrate, of potash (I like the acetate best, some others prefer the nltrate-nitw, 

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