Notes on diseases of women / by James Oliver.

  • Oliver, James
Date:
1888
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Credit: Notes on diseases of women / by James Oliver. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cavity, and constitute a pair of symmetrical organs in structure closely analogous with that of the permanent kidneys. This is a point worthy of attention, for wherever in the animal economy we find organs developed from a common primordial structure, we can invari- ably prove the perpetuation of a direct nerve communication, whereby impressions originat- ing in one may be forthwith transmitted to the others of a like structural evolution. By acute irritation of the renal and uterine nerves we are able to produce experimentally through an exist- ing nerve anastomosis, a temporary paralysis in the lower limbs, a so called reflex paraplegia. The liver, as I shall describe later on, is developed from the gut ; here the existence of a free nerve intercommunication is evidenced by the fact that the passage of a slightly acid^ fluid into the duodenum determines forthwith a copious secretion of bile. I have elsewhere shown that menorrhagia is a frequent associa- tion of pyonephrosis. This symptom is doubt- less the manifestation of a mere augmented and prolonged functional activity of the uterus and fallopian tubes determined in some occult but reflex manner by the condition of the renal organ, the periodicity of the flow however being undisturbed,
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