In a short time the woman complained that she could scarcely see, owing to the welling up of blood in the eyes and trickling down her face.

The bleeding only ceased when the posterior nares also were plugged." "Dr.T.G.Wright of Plainville, Conn., narrates the case of a young man whom he found in the night, bleeding profusely, and having already lost a large amount of blood.

Shortly after plugging both anterior and posterior nares the blood found its way through the lacrimal ducts to the eyes and trickled down the cheeks." "Dr.Charles W.Crumb cites the case of a man, sixty-five years old, with chronic nephritis, in whom a slight bruise of the nose was followed by epistaxis lasting twenty-four hours.

When the nares were plugged blood escaped freely from the eyes.

A cone-shaped bit of sponge, saturated with ferrous sulphate, was passed into each anterior naris, and another piece of sponge, similarly medicated, into either posterior naris.