which fell under his care, which was by him successfully treated, but which, after detecting the source of bleeding, was nothing more or better than the merest tyro could, and almost certainly would, understand. And with all my veneration for that man, I think he has never seen, or has totally neglected to notice, the accident in some of its worst forms, in which it has, and sometimes does, take place ; and although such cases (in country practice especially), like angels' visits, are few and

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... r between, yet a correct plan of treatment is all-important, and if the case and treatment, which I am now about to communicate, as falling under my own observation, does not interest all of your numerous readers, perhaps it may some of them. On the •29th of January, 1836, I was called to attend Mrs. D., then in labor, which proved favorable, and she was soon delivered of a fine healthy female child ; although rather small, it did perfectly well until February 1st, when I was called upon, and found it with a profuse hemorrhage from the navel, which seemed to proceed from the line of separation between the shrivelling cord and the navel. 1 thought that astringents might be of use, and I had recourse to a strong infusion of the nutgall, solution of alum, acetate of lead, &c, and that I might keep it in close contact with the part I put cotton wicking around the cord some small distance out upon the abdomen, antl I used as much pressure as I