An inaugural essay, submitted to the examination of Charles Alexander Warfield, M.D. president, and the medical faculty of the College of Medicine of Maryland ; for the degree of physic / by Charles L. Snyder.

  • Snyder, Charles L.
Date:
1812
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    justification of the last position, I would observe that numberless cases have come within my own observation, in the course of my medical studies, in which young ladies have been attacked with fevers, a short time previous to the menstrual period and have been bled to the extent of several pounds in the course of twenty-four hours, and as soon as the febrile action was reduced, the menstrual secretion commenced. During the course of this winter I saw a patient who a few days previous to the catameniai period, was exposed to the influence of very cold and damp weather. A most alarming phrenitis ensued, at- tended with delirium, convulsions, and dilated pupils, with the most obstinate constipation, and the general ac- companying symptoms of this disease in its most formi- dable appearance. As I was present and the attending circumstances requiring immediate relief, at half past two o'clock P. M. I drew about sixteen ounces of blood, from the arm; which affording no apparent relief, I repeated the bleeding a second, a third and a fourth time, a in few hours and took at least fifty ounces of blood, in the sev- eral bleedings, which threwthe patient into a state of syn- cope. From the alarming appearances that had preceed- ed, I made no effort to restore the patient, consequently she remained in a state approaching to syncope, during the night. By morning the arteries recovered their regu- lar action and the patient was able to get up; perfectly relieved of ^every disagreeable symptom and suffering