, 1861-12-19
DR.. Hunter on Splitting Blood and
Heulorrhage of the LuH4Es.
LETTER 20. VII.
LETTER no. VII


Shifting of blood, or hemorrhase, occurs, in
a large proportion of cases Of consumption,
ut some period Of the disease. By the term
shemorrhagc," I mean every discharge Of
blood, from few strcaks in the expectorated |
matter, to one or more pints Of pure, nnmixed |
blood. There is great variety in respect to |
the stage Of the disease ut which bleeding from |
The lungs may occur. Many persons spit |
tion arc noticed, and when, By general obser- |
vatiou, they would be pronounced healthy. |
IN others, the first attack Of hemorrhsge dates |
thc commencement Of the disease: the cough,
the cxpectoration, the hurried breathing, arc
ali aseribcd TO the bleeding. Some do not
raise b1oo3 until Iate in tie disease. and in a
faw instnnces, consnmption runs its entire
conrse without even u 1ilare of blood in tie ex
| - nncfoTaf;os,. e -
sccoTd;nc ia Andva1 bcrnoyrhaac occurs in
o7,aH,t ~ eesas ~ aansnm1tioG mt ~ eiT
IouIe i ~ f,,,,d = - 6f4rsaFan c,ses mi ~
a;r,t7-eoran and Professor Wnishc one If thc
ni3!-S;a;e[,e ~ 4I,a + on1on ransnmnf;on Hns.
p;ta1 p; IN eirhty-one cases out Of every hun
esa .unt ~ tc Nv +bo 1n5ws nccnrs IN
ss nt f,1,e nasas XII f af i;vet ~
o o,ns ~ s1tt;n NJ ~ booa j.; ntrc-
tim N f1e limos sTl,;cf, nrcrents the fire. mas
aag ,b;s u lug o,stc9;on hecooes sue grcatcr and
10y sast:a,, alis go r1aoa H. oonrnst;1n
s ss,at ~ fheo,nc soi1nn ein,osf to
1;lo 4ho Unseais nf Ia eve rShen
aoa nAs f,ora tirsc +3osc rcsse1s rc1sT
90 p1o1 az to a1loT tic The h1ood to oozc rom tLcn
;nsto "a ;.4,los ,Td na11sNnroc;sa1v ~ fnfds
!nto .tI ~ ~ t;14as ~ - c+;nor3,I ~ :;
uo tnlguSn htle1 ~ at;n sti ai1,daa IL t,on -
eouou ,i9! * fra,,1 @ +,1i,orcies ~ 9~-4
e11E5 Va, ,,orsn,, eIts hinod If "a comn,on
,oi;oF H., = nn1nas ron, tha sshToatin~ of a
pelle1 as - @ .!,+,.ln u ,n pt ena 4 ~ :
g1oou 49, Tia hinea ~ thronah t1a nomcous
G ei,7s in;D@ 9he 5nd ceIs inst
enofne ntlnE Luz t r,lnnes aliu eei yu1s
20 ot.e uvos Nv ~ o,,s, etv .ra3;as
~ .aic .uptutG4 ~ t;a13,f'.3 au3 AZ '"e'A>"'
p111aso, 1a5 ~ .c;Ieix lno,r, +,,+ sn;,,;nrr
a In4e p ~ tuo - f,arf9,1 lint ;nts1nst H
~ - ~ 1ont tae"tn.o,,e 1roI1roes 90
1;saSsa go sr;IL;n ~ 1,'nos 1rI,oP 1os's ~
, | b1ood Is a. iniieatinn of t15e nresence Of tn
I bcrcics: md from these fuhercIes viii arise.
: sonneT ar t later ali ti,ose changes and synn.
to.us I nbich constitute cons71,n1t;on. on th|e
nnint there is mnch error. Ills nv M means
Is 11nfTrcncnt far nhysicians tn cheer their IA.
| t;onto ~ ~ ,tsnronca tbat f1,c hfood Eas
1nnlv cnma frnm the throat !, Let me warn
s yon aeainst being deceived, The throat
c farc1y bleeds! In ninc hundred and ninety
nina casas mi of a thoncon1 whom vou conG1
:. IN blood, however snail The ouantity. Ia
d i,{ooi comes from thn 1nnrs: md sneak;
l. torr;h1a rorn;na r. ynT voIne 11fuIth
J. If ven nr;zc I;fc # yon 1oyc anY oh
- icct that renders cyistcnce desirable. bcei1
= nov. earncst1v to resis ihc nToorcss If The mai
s. yifnl narf of vour BODY. Fortunately. III
= h1ncdinr cnneraT1r occ,1ra tef,re thc ;1iscasc
T aIrsnsea ana t. nro,scr rI1v n,casnrca @ are onl
IL +sta1 r. stsT Is fnrther 5eya]nnmrnt The ~
* ~ tha natio1t is eo,-n1 Brt IN nh th;nl- -,
:, 5;eoont;nno1,ca ~ - IA h7ee5;nn ,nr 7na;cat;o
~ pnnr emr y h;s sns is sn a5rnr ny c, h,
n ,,ro3aJ Juf f,+a1 r. thoueands IA eonn as th
be fnoes hava relieved thcmse1yes' the h1eedin
VS., the ,sat,nn* sn"1n; ~ ,ts
Isav see,n;neIyl beeanse the tubereles- "a