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Excerpt from Treatise on Uterine Haemorrhage in All Its Forms: With Some Views Respecting Fissures of the Os Uteri as the Frequent Cause of Abortion, With Their Curative
It is the duty, therefore, in all cases, to do as little as possible to assist the delivery in this last stage, and particularly when subsequent ?ooding is to be expected.
In cases of abortion, when the means already proposed in such cases do not arrest the abortive action, if the ?ow of blood be great, it is advisable to give large and repeated doses of the secale cornutum, in order not only to stimulate the uterus to a more speedy discharge of its contents, but also to press the fcetnl head, or presenting portion, strongly against the Opening 08 uteri, and thus to act as an internal plug. Should, however, the ?ow be excessive, in addition to this treatment it may be advisable to tampon the vagina. This may the more appropri ately be done early in the ?ow, when the firm and slightly dila ted os uteri evinces that some time must elapse before the con tents can be expelled. In these cases it may frequently be well to pass a piece of alum into the vagina before using the tampon, to assist in the coagulation.
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