CHAPTER VI
HEMORRHAGE
Definition. The escape of blood from the blood vessels in great or small quantities, is called hemorrhage, and may occur either spontaneously or because of injury.
Spontaneous hemorrhage occurs in the organs and cavities of the body as a result of constitutional diseases, such as tuberculosis, syphilis, cancer, etc., in which erosion of tissue extends into vessels. It is also a result of a constitutional tendency. Persons with this, so called hemorrhagic diathesis, are known as hemophiliacs.
In hemophilia, uncontrollable bleeding may occur from trifling injuries.
Hemorrhage due to Injury may be classified as follows:
a—arterial
b—venous
c—capillary