This section is from the book "Materia Medica And Therapeutics Inorganic Substances", by Charles D. F. Phillips. Also available from Amazon: Materia medica and therapeutics.
If the patient is suffering from marked anaemia and from continued loss when she first applies for advice, considerable relief to the symptom may be given for a time by the internal administration of the perchloride, especially when combined with ergot; it may possibly be required as a styptic to the cut surface after incision of the cervix; in cases of emergency, plugging of the vagina with saturated tampons is a valuable temporary resource.
 
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