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which she was blooded in the arm ; afterwards she had a haemorrhage from the 

 nose, attended with head ach, on which occasion a vein was opened in the 

 foot; notwithstanding which, blood still continued to be discharged from the 

 mouth and nose alternately, accompanied with pain at the stomach, vomiting, 

 head ach, &c. In the beginning of May the catamenia appeared in sufficient 

 quantity, after which, however, the haemorrhage and febrile symptoms re- 

 turned, as before. 



At a consultation of ph)'sicians, it was recommended that small quantities of 

 blood should be occasionally drawn from the salvatella vein, and that anodyne 

 and astringent medicines should be given. But these measures proved ineffectual ; 

 for in the beginning of June she had an eruption of blood from the ears, and 

 what is more remarkable, a short time afterwards she had a haemorrhage from 

 the ends of the fingers and toes. Afterwards the blood burst forth from the 

 navel, from the corner of the eye, and lastly, it transuded through the skin in 

 various parts of the body; viz. from the middle of the thorax; from the foot, 

 from the palms and back of the hands, from the chin, and from the tip of the 

 tongue. Nevertheless the patient .was not much debilitated; but related with 

 a cheerful countenance all that had happened. On examining the palm of the 

 left hand, a small cicatrix was discernible at the point where the eruption of 

 blood had taken place the day before. This eruption was accompanied with a 

 considerable degree of pain ; but when the blood transuded through the skin, 

 no cicatrix could be traced, and it was only known to have happened by the 

 stain made upon the linen. 



On the 14th of June she had a copious flow of the menses; after which the 

 symptoms abovementioned left her for 20 days, whence some were induced to 

 believe that the disorder was removed. After this, however, the perspirations 

 returned, and the patient found herself getting weaker, in consequence of which 

 she tried a change of air; but on the 5th of August she returned to town in 

 all respects worse than before. 



In this manner she continued until the middle of September, when she had 

 a more profuse sweating of "blood than ever; after thiSj she had none that 

 was of any consequence. It should be mentioned, however, that from a 

 slight excoriation above the ankle there flowed a large quantity of serum, which 

 was with difficulty stopped by styptics, compresses and bandages. 



On this case the author remarks, that several instances of haemorrhages 

 taking place from various parts of the body, in women labouring under a sup- 

 pression of the menses, are recorded by Benivenius, Hollerius, and others; 

 but that the present case is very different from those, and the more extraor- 

 dinary, as there was no obstruction or deficiency of the menstrual evacuation. 



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