title: Use of alum to control intractable vesical haemorrhage.
abstract: Eight patients with hitherto uncontrollable vesical bleeding were treated by irrigating the bladder with a 1% solution of alum. The method does not require anaesthesia and bleeding ceased in every case.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000534:Alum Compounds / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000535:Aluminum / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000534:Alum Compounds; D000535:Aluminum