Electro-therapy in gynæcology / by Samuel Sloan.

  • Sloan, Samuel, 1843-1920.
Date:
[1917]
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Credit: Electro-therapy in gynæcology / by Samuel Sloan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table (a).—Pruritus, vulvar and anal. Treated by Cured. Greatly Benefited. Slightly Benefited. High-frequency . 12 11 1 Various forms of current 1 1 Totals 13 11 1 1 Only otherwise incurable cases of pruritus which had resisted the usual remedies were treated electrically. In most of the other cases the treatment of the septic discharge was sufficient to cure the pruritus. The electrical treatment, in the cases of pruritus, was given daily or on alternate days; and the total number of applications in each case varied from three or four to about twelve, which an obstinate case would probably require. Pelvic Distress In the next table have been placed all cases of indefinite Abnormal Sensations in the Pelvis, including pain un¬ accountable unless from a neuritis. These abnormal sensations—neuroses of the pelvis—may be defined by the patient as a bearing-down sensation, ‘ka fulness, ” “ a feeling of looseness,” “ a wearied sensation, an aching feeling at the vulva, etc. Two were cases of severe orgasms, causing great distress and consequent nerve prostration. In the cases of neuritis, there was generally a tenderness on gentle pressure over the whole of the pelvic walls and over the bodies of the lumbar vertebrae. I believe that in these cases the cause is mainly a constitu¬ tional one. The affections in this group are often greatly benefited by electro-therapy; whilst they are, as a rule, in no way benefited by any other form of treatment. Generally no satisfactory cause can be found to account for them. When the cause of the distress was ascertainable, the