Gentlemen, it is my firm belief that if a Faradaic instrument were at hand, and properly used, there would never be another death from _post-partum_ hæmorrhage. The Faradaic current, thoroughly localized in the uterus, will always produce its contraction, not only while life persists, but even for a limited time after death, but failure in localizing electricity in an organ, withdrawn from sight and covered with thick muscular tissue, is especially liable to occur, unless the details of application are conducted with extreme care. Assume the case to be an example of severe _post-partum_ hæmorrhage, that the ordinary resources of medicine have failed the obstetrician, and that he fears every moment may be his patient’s last, but he has an induction instrument at hand. Let him waste no time, but at once introduce his right hand into the cavity of the uterus and grasp in his left the moistened sponge attached to one of the conductors of the instrument in action. Let an attendant, holding by its insulating handle the conductor from the other pole (which should be a well-moistened sponge) thoroughly paint with it, as it were, the abdominal parietes, pressing it with considerable force against the practitioner’s hand, and afterwards apply it to the lumbar region. _Contraction of the uterus will invariably result if the current used be of sufficient power._ [SN: Uterine Neuralgia.] In my own hands an intractable case of uterine neuralgia was perfectly cured by the Voltaic current; and I have knowledge of a case of sterility which the localization of the Voltaic and Faradaic currents alternately would seem to have removed. [SN: Sterility.] One conductor was applied to the os, and two sponges from the second pole--one to the position of each ovary. The applications were made thrice a week for a fortnight before each menstrual period, and for a period of four months. Conception followed, and the patient, who had been married for thirteen years, in due course gave birth to her first child. [SN: Paralysis of Nerves of Special Sense.]