e vital powers are not excessively reduced. Cloths dipped
in cold or iced water should also be applied to the lower part of the
body and frequently changed. Acid drinks, with cream of tartar, may be
freely given. Ten or fifteen drops of elixir vitriol may be given in a
wineglassful of water every two or three hours. Should slight
faintness come on, it is better not to interfere with it, but use
outward remedies--camphor, cold water, vinegar, etc.--as they maybe
salutary. If it reaches to an extent to threaten life, stimulants, as
brandy and water, and others, must be had recourse to. Profuse and
continued discharge, though it may not threaten life, must occasion a
weakness which will take a long time to overcome, and which may
ultimately, if not properly attended to, promote the development of
other diseases of the womb.

IF THE FLOODING IS PROFUSE

and uncontrolled by the means before mentioned, one grain and a half
of sugar of lead may be given every two or three hours, and washed
down with a drink of vinegar and water, to which, if there is much
pain, add from five to ten drops of laudanum.

Pieces of linen or cotton cloth should be soaked in a strong solution
of alum, or a decoction of oak bark; and then well oiled; with this
cloth plug the passage or birthplace; or, some of this astringent wash
may be thrown up with a syringe.

But, during the time and after miscarriage, the general strength must
be supported by a strengthening diet, such as soups, meat, etc.,
avoiding stimulants as much as possible. Nevertheless, in some cases
wine or malt liquors may be necessary in convalescence, or when
recovering, and if so may be assisted by tonic or strengthening
medicines, such as contain mineral acid. Bark or iron are generally
given as the most appropriate remedies. The bowels will, in some
cases, require strict attention, as indeed they do throughout, and for
this purpose castor oil is a good medicine, or clysters of cold or
tepid water are most useful. A teaspoonful of Epsom salts dissolved in
half a pint of water, either cold or slightly warmed, to which add
fifteen drops of elixir vitriol, forms a most excellent and mild
purgative, which should be taken before breakfast. In all cases where
the constitution of the woman has a tendency to miscarriage or
abortion, a quiet state of mind should be observed, avoiding all
violent exertions, particularly lifting heavy weights. These
principles of