Bleeding and stopping it

It has already been taught that the blood flowing from the vessels flows out from there either due to the opening of their mouths from weakness of the vessels or strong overflow, or due to some sudden movement, even a cry or jump, or from strong heat acting from the outside and attracting the blood, either from splitting or rupture of the vessels with some cutting, crushing instrument, or due to corrosion from the inside, or from increased movements when the vessels are overfilled. Or blood oozes from the vessels due to loosening of the body or lining of the vessel.

The arteries that are most prone to the expiration of their contents, if they find a way to do so, are the arteries. After all, the body of the artery is mobile and its contents are sometimes compressed, sometimes spreading, and if, after a violation of continuity in the artery, it is not constrained and finds empty space, then this leads to an aneurysm, called the mother of blood. Although the artery is one of the things that overgrows, it heals only with difficulty, and often the artery itself does not overgrow, but the tissues surrounding the artery that put pressure on it become overgrown, so that blood cannot flow out with force and is released to the skin area only as much as can fit there. If you gently press on the bruise, the blood returns inside again, as often happens when a vessel ruptures, and sometimes the vessel itself appears under the surface of the skin, which can be felt by its beating and swelling. This often happens to the arteries inside, and they rupture, but the skin does not burst, and the aneurysm forms a soft swelling of blood and wind under the skin that can be dispersed with pressure. Such tumors often appear spontaneously in the neck, groin and knee, and often they form from an external cause or after bloodletting.

Many doctors think that any rupture of arteries leads to the formation of a mother of blood, since the artery does not seem to heal, at best, in their opinion, the surrounding tissues heal and a certain tumor is formed, as for the artery itself, it does not grow.

However, this is not the case. Denying the possibility of infection, doctors refer to logical inference and experience. As for the logical conclusion, the fact is that one of the membranes of the arteries is cartilaginous, and the cartilages do not overgrow, and in relation to experience, it is never seen that the arteries overgrow. But Galen contrasts these people with his reasoning and his experience. His reasoning is purely rhetorical, and its essence is that atherium is something between an overgrowing substance like meat and a non-overgrowing substance like meat. bone, and therefore it should heal, but it heals with difficulty. As for experience, it is based on observation, and Galen says that he treated many arteries and they became overgrown. It's like we're already done with it.

Now let’s say that organs differ in terms of the speed at which blood flows out of them; some of them bleed profusely when ruptured, for example, the liver or lungs, while others bleed slightly. Bleeding of both types can be dangerous or harmless. Take, for example, hemorrhage from the lungs and bleeding from the nose: hemorrhage from the lungs is dangerous, but from the nose is not dangerous, although a lot of blood flows from both of these organs. And with hemorrhage from the bladder, uterus or kidneys, not very much blood flows out at once, but often the outpouring turns out to be abundant due to its duration, and this leads to bad consequences.

Bleeding from arteries also varies; some arteries are very severe and dangerous, for example, bleeding from large arteries in the arm or leg - such bleeding in most cases kills and cannot be stopped, while bleeding from other arteries, for example, from the arteries of the skull, is mild and it is not difficult to stop it; all you need to do is bandage it. Often blood begins to flow from small arteries, and then it stops on its own.

You already know the difference between blood from the arteries and from other vessels. From the arteries, the blood beats in spurts, it is thinner and scarlet than the other, and not as black and dark as venous blood.

Know that if someone has had an emptying, especially blood and especially from the arteries, and it turns out to be excessive, then this causes bad spasms. If the bleeding is accompanied by hiccups, then it kills, and fainting with hiccups indicates that death is in a hurry. Delirium and confusion during bleeding are not a good sign; if they are combined with spasms, this kills in most cases.