Hæmaturia

Hæmaturia (Gr. haima, 'blood,' and ouron, 'urine'), the discharge of blood with the urine, usually from disease of the kidneys or bladder. It is rather a symptom than a disease, and, although always of some gravity, it is not very often directly fatal. Where it is necessary to treat the symptom itself complete rest is very important; the bowels may require to be freely moved; and styptics, such as ergot or perchloride of iron, may be taken by the mouth, the former in thirty-drop doses of the liquid extract, the latter in twenty-drop doses of the tincture, every two or three hours.