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BLEEDING FROM THE BLADDER.
from which it proceeds. Sometimes it is easily cured,
and again it may be very dangerous. All depends upon
the cause. If the hemorrhage is active, it must be
treated as active hemorrhage from any other mucous
membrane; this will be best affected by rest, abstinence,
cooling mucilaginous or demulcent drinks, and cup
freely over the loins and perineum, as a substitute for
the lancet; cold injections should be thrown into the
rectum, combined with a small portion of laudanum.
A very good preparation is to dissolve an ounce of gum
arabic in one gill of water; in a glass of this, drop in
ten drops of the oil of vitriol, this may be taken two or
three times a day. Where the hemorrhage is very co-
pious, you must apply ice, if it can be had, over the
part from which the blood proceeds. If the bowels are
the least disposed to constipation, they should be kept
soluble by the administration of castor oil or injections.
Some advise the use of stimulating diuretics and as-
tringents, especially where the symptoms are inflamma-
tory or acute, and for this purpose you give
. Marsh mallows, 5iii.
Queen of Meadow, iii.
Add four quarts of water and boil to one; then add
two ounces of gum arabic, and half an ounce of pulver-
ized nitre, (saltpetre).
Give a cup full 4 or 5 times a day.
A prescription which I have used a great deal, and
which, I think, was suggested by Prof. Morrow, is as
follows :
1. Sweet spirits of nitre,
Oil of almonds, aa. cii.
Balsam copaibm, 3i.
Oil of turpentine, 5ss.498
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Massie, J. Cam. A Treatise on the Eclectic Southern Practice of Medicine, book, 1854; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143817/m1/498/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.