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Where there is great difficulty in getting at a 

 vefsel, we must apply the cautery, though much 

 inconvenience may be produced by it; the impe- 

 tus of the circulation frequently throwing off the 

 eschar, and fresh bleeding ensuing. In using the 

 cautery, we should be careful not to apply the iron 

 too hot, as the eschar would almost immediately 

 be thrown off, and the desired effect be frustrated. 



The treatment of haemorrhages will depend on 

 their causes. If styptic applications have been 

 tried ineffectually to a large vefsel, we must use a 

 ligature. In internal haemorrhages, the oil of tui% 

 pentine has been found very serviceable. It may 

 be given from one to three ounces, in a solution 

 of gum arabic, or mixed with gruel. Opium, in 

 this case, is seldom found useful. If the knidneys 

 are wounded, turpentine may be given often, and 

 in small quantities. 



These are the chief ways of restraining bleed- 

 ing : but we must recollect, that where bleeding 

 takes place from a large artery, and we can take 

 it up with a ligature, it ought always to be pre^ 

 ferred to styptic applications. 



