_The issue of blood in a woman._
Saint Matthew relates, that "Christ, by his word alone, cured a woman
who had been diseased with an issue of blood for twelve[135] years."
[135] _Chap. ix. v. 20._
And here arises a question, concerning the nature of this disease. But
as the words in the Greek are [Greek: gynê haimorrhoousa], I am of
opinion, that it was a flux of blood from the natural parts, which
Hippocrates[136] calls [Greek: rhoon haimatôdê], and observes, that it
is necessarily tedious. Wherefore having been exhausted by it for
twelve years, may justly be said to be incurable by human art.
[136] _De morb. Lib. i. Sect. 3._