Dr. Conquest's outlines of midwifery : intended as a text-book for students, and a book of reference for junior practitioners.

  • Conquest, Dr.
Date:
1854
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Credit: Dr. Conquest's outlines of midwifery : intended as a text-book for students, and a book of reference for junior practitioners. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    potasli; the influence of any considerable irritation or disease, which may, on the principle of counter- irritation, interfere with the catamenial flow, al- though the reproductive organs may be perfectly healthy.—J. M. W.] CTvEatmrnt, The management of suppressio mensium must de- pend on whether the suppression be occasional or estahlished. Should it be occasional (by which term is meant the sudden and casual suspension of the secretion, either before or dm-ing its flow), the symptoms are usually acute, and require the abstraction of blood, locally and generally; saline purgatives; and the warm hip-bath. Should there be much uterine pain, opium, henbane, poppy, stramonium, or any narcotic, Avith a diaphoretic, will afford relief; particularly if conjoined with the abstraction of blood from the vicinity of the uterus by leeches or cupping. But, should the suppression have become esta- hlished, it will be highly necessary to ascertain whe- ther it is connected with any disease of the uterus. If it be not, the case demands the same treatment as is recommended in emansio mensium* with the addition of stimulating injections, particularly of ammonia. [An improved acquaintance with the patliology of the sexual organs has of late years led to a mo're * Vide page 42.