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six months, had frequent pains in the loins; and in a few days 
a flooding came on, which obliged her to keep her bed. The 
haemorrhage increased, as soon as the patient got up; there 
was no pain in the abdomen, and no constipation; the pulse 
was weak and irregular, and from seventy-six to eighty in a 
minute. Revulsives, cold and acidulated drinks, clysters of 
cold water, and compresses dipped in iced water and applied 
to the thighs, had no effect. The ergot of rye was then em- 
ployed, but as this excited vomiting, it was discontinued, and 
pills of the extract of monesia were ordered to be taken every 
hour, until an effect was produced. After fourteen pills the 
haemorrhage ceased. The patient then took cold broth at in- 
tervals, and in spite of the lightness of this food, the discharge 
returned in the evening with violence, and again ceased after 
the exhibition often monesia pills. 
On the following day, the dose of the medicine was dimin- 
ished to seventy-five centigrammes (fourteen grains) and in 
six days the patient was quite well. 
Quite lately, I employed the acrid principle in powder, in 
the dose of fifteen centigrammes (two grains and seven-tenths,) 
taken in a prune; it was to stop a uterine haemorrhage, which 
had suddenly come on during the night; the discharge ceased 
the same day. But as this case stands alone, additional facts 
are necessary to prove the power of the acrid principle under 
such circumstances. In every case, monesia acts in a re- 
markable manner upon the uterus, when it is not in its natural 
state. This new medicine may be used in different ways, and 
it acts on different organs, particularly when they require to 
be strengthened without too much excitement. 
This is confirmed by the following passage from M. 
Buchez: 
" I have tried the extract of monesia," says this skilful 
practitioner, " in different affections of the mouth, particularly 
in inflammation of the gums, and uniformly with advantage. 
Its application produced a good effect, by almost instantane- 
ously soothing the pain, which often accompanies inflamma- 
tion. This mode of treatment I have found very successful 
