Armstrong, Blagden, and Roberts, have seen fatal hemorrhage after
the extraction of teeth. MacCormac observed five bleeders at St.
Thomas Hospital, London, and remarks that one of these persons
bled twelve days after a tooth-extraction. Buchanan and Clay cite
similar instances. Cousins mentions an individual of hemorrhagic
diathesis who succumbed to extensive extravasation of blood at
the base of the brain, following a slight fall during an
epileptic convulsion. Dunlape reports a case of hemorrhagic
diathesis, following suppression of the catamenia, attended by
vicarious hemorrhage from the gums, which terminated fatally.
Erichsenf cites an instance of extravasation of blood into the
calf of the leg of an individual of hemophilic tendencies. A
cavity was opened, which extended from above the knee to the
heel; the clots were removed, and cautery applied to check the
bleeding. There was extension of the blood-cavity to the thigh,
with edema and incipient gangrene, necessitating amputation of
the thigh, with a fatal termination.
Mackenzie reports an instance of hemophilic purpura of the
retina, followed by death. Harkin gives an account of vicarious
bleeding from the under lip in a woman of thirty-eight.
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