The modern practice of physic : exhibiting the character, causes, symptoms, prognostics, morbid appearances, and improved method of treating the diseases of all climates . of the ergot, I certainly should have prescri-bed it, for the purpose of hastening the delivery. Upon suggesting to Dr. W. Moore this application of the ergot, he soearnestly concurred in the propriety of the measure, that he at once ex-pressed his determination to give it a trial in the first case of uterine hae-morrhage of this nature that may fall under his care. Another circumstance occurs to me as favourable to this app
The modern practice of physic : exhibiting the character, causes, symptoms, prognostics, morbid appearances, and improved method of treating the diseases of all climates . of the ergot, I certainly should have prescri-bed it, for the purpose of hastening the delivery. Upon suggesting to Dr. W. Moore this application of the ergot, he soearnestly concurred in the propriety of the measure, that he at once ex-pressed his determination to give it a trial in the first case of uterine hae-morrhage of this nature that may fall under his care. Another circumstance occurs to me as favourable to this application ofthe ergot: that the attachment of the ovum to the orifice, or neck of thewomb, never takes place butin those women who have borne many chil-dren—in other words, in those cases only where the cavity of the uteruslias become enUrged by frequent pregnancies, and consequently accom-panied by a correspondent enlargement of the uterine vessels and a pro-pensity to hemorrhage. In cases of this nature I believe the ergot wille a valuable resource. I am, dear sir, with sentiments of great respect,Your obliged friend and pupil, DAVID HOSACK. »n, ,MN M. [). F. R.
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