HÆM′ORRHAGE

Syn. Hemorrhage ; Hæmorrhagia , L. A bleeding or flow of blood. Bleeding may be divided into active, pa ive, and accidental.—Active hæmorrhage is that arising from a full state of the ve els, or plethora.—Pa ive hæmorrhage, from general debility of the system, and of the blood-ve els in particular.—Accidental hæmorrhage, from external violence, as blows, wounds, . The first generally requires depletion, and the second the usual treatment to establish the general health and vigour of the body. The bleeding from wounds, if extensive, should be arrested by tying the ruptured blood-ve els; or where this cannot be done, and in le important cases, by the application of styptics, as creasote, sulphate of iron, infusion of galls, compound tincture of benzoin, .