There was no alteration of her menses. A physician gave
her astringents, which partly suppressed the vomiting, but the
hemorrhage changed to the skin, and every day she sweated blood
from the chest, back of the thighs, feet, and the extremities of
the fingers. When the blood ceased to flow from her skin she lost
her appetite, became oppressed, and was confined to her bed for
some days. Itching always preceded the appearance of a new flow.
There was no dermal change that could be noticed.
Fullerton mentions a girl of thirteen who had occasional oozing
of blood from her brow, face, and the skin under the eyes.
Sometimes a pound of clots was found about her face and pillow.
The blood first appeared in a single clot, and, strange to say,
lumps of fleshy substance and minute pieces of bone were
discharged all day. This latter discharge became more infrequent,
the bone being replaced by cartilaginous substance. There was no
pain, discoloration, swelling, or soreness, and after this
strange anomaly disappeared menstruation regularly commenced. Van
Swieten mentions a young lady who from her twelfth year at her
menstrual periods had hemorrhages from pustules in the skin, the
pustules disappearing in the interval.
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