Hemorrhage.-- A profuse hemorrhage is the most alarming as well as the most dangerous thing which can befall a woman, and the very nearest doctor should be summoned until the family physician can be gotten there. The woman should be made to lie down wherever she may happen to be, her clothes loosened, the windows thrown open, so that she will not only have plenty of fresh air, but that the air shall be cool. If the blood is coming from the mouth, give her pieces of ice to hold in it; if she coughs up the blood, it would be well to put a bag of ice-cold water or cloths wrung out of ice-water on the chest. If the woman is suffering from a uterine hemorrhage, have her take at once a hot vaginal douche, from 118∞ to 120∞ F., and have the foot of the bed raised. The head should always be kept low. Women hold their health in their own hands to a far greater extent than they have ever dreamed of; and if the majority of women suffer, it is very often their own fault, either because they have disregarded nearly every law of health, or have allowed trivial ailments to go on until they were almost incurable. _______ "The broad mountain-top, with its sunlight and free air, is possible to all of us, if we choose to struggle on and reach it." -- Phillips Brooks. _________________ GLOSSARY. _________________ Abortion. The expulsion of the fetus before the end of the third lunar month. Afferent Nerves. Those nerves which convey the impressions to the nerve-centers. After-pains. The pains which follow labor and which are caused by the contractions of the uterus. Amenorrhea. Absence of the menstrual flow. Anemia. The so-called thinness of the blood, due to a deficiency of red blood-corpuscles. Antisepsis. The use of chemical substances which have the power of destroying germs. Anus. The external circular outlet of the rectum or distal part of the large intestine. Appendages, Uterine. The Fallopian tubes, the ligaments of the uterus, and the ovaries. Atrophy. A progressive diminution in the bulk of an organ or tissue. Automatic. Involuntary, mechanical. Bulbi Vestibuli. A plexus of veins on each side of the vestibule.