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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    rational treatment of amenorrlioea and other uterine affections. Amenorrlioea is merely an cjfect which may be induced by a variety of causes, and must be treated accordingly. Emmenagogues must not be had recourse to until general or local congestion has been removed. They may then be frequently used with advantage. The following remedies are per- haps the most useful agents for acting immediately upon the ovaries and uterus, and restoring their functions. They are of course contraindlcated, should organic disease of these organs be present. The re- medies to which I refer are: —ergot, savine, mustard hip-bath, galvanism, ammoniated tincture of guaiacum, cantharides, steel, turpentine, stimulating enemata, out-door exercise, emetics, &c. Vicarious menstruation.—The abnormal secretion must not be suddenly arrested in this form of the disease, and the affection must be treated on the prin- ciples already laid down for the cure of amenorrhea. Amc?iorrhoea with vicarious leucorrhoea. — Occurs generally in delicate females about the period of their first menstrual discharge. The exhibition of mineral tonics and attention to the general health are the principal curative measures. — J. M. W.] DYSMENORRHCEA, OR PAINFUL MENSTRUATION. This diseased condition of the uterine function oc- curs principally to women who menstruate sparingly ; and they are usually barren. There is generally severe uterine pain, which is augmented by external