Epistaxis - Encyclopedia

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

EPISTA%IS (Gr. E7ri, upon, and QTaq"ecv, to drop), the medical term for bleeding from the nose, whether resulting from local injury or some constitutional condition. In persistent cases of nose-bleeding, various measures are adopted, such as holding the arms over the head, the application of ice, or of such astringents as zinc or alum, or plugging the nostrils.