The diagnosis, pathology and treatment of diseases of women : including the diagnosis of pregnancy / by Graily Hewitt.

  • Hewitt, Graily, 1828-1893.
Date:
1868
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    Calcareous transformation of fibroid tu- mors of uterus, 81 Calculus of bladder. See Bladder. Cancer. See Uterus, Breast, Bladder, Abdomen. Catamenia. See Menstruation. Catheter, use of, in diagno.«is of absence of uterus, 151 ; method of using, 685 Cauliflower excrescence of os uteri, age at whicff^it occurs, 43; hemorrhage from, 71 ; causing watery discharges, 90 ; physical diagnosis, 222, 244 ; pathology of, 575 ; surgical treatment, 578 Cautery, the actual, in treatment of affec- tions of OS uteri, .394 ; the electric, 394 Caustics, in treatment of chronic iniiara- mation of os uteri, 390; the stronger caustics, 391 Cellulitis, pelvic. See Pelvic Cellulitis. Cervix uteri, anatomy and jiathology of substance of, 376 glands of, 369, 378 normal secretions of, 406 amputation of, for cancer, 579 aversion of, 371 normal appearance of its interior, 369 canal obstructing introduction of sound, 228, 234; canal contorted, 460 conical, 461 dilatation of, by tents, &c., 465 hypertrophy of, 74, 216 longitudinal hypertrophy of, 214, 231 ; treatment, 537; Huguier's operation, 538 chronic inflammation of, its nature and effects, 368 incision of, 467 inflammatory enlargement of, 377 narrowness of, in relation to sterility. 693 pain from disease of, 128 shortening of, 202 ulceration of, 370. See also Os Uteri. Childbearing, influence of, in production of diseases, 46 ; fissures of os uteri due to, 203 Chloroform, an aid in diagnosis of enlarge- ment of abdomen, 247 Chlorosis, 419; treatment, 429 Clamp-shield, 568 Clay, Mr. John, statistics of ovariotomy, 44 Climate, moist, a cause of leucorrhoea, 408 Clitoris, hypertrophy of, 652 ; removal of, 652 Composite tumors of ovary, 603, 614 Conception, without previous menstrua- tion. 52 ; products of, retained in uterus, 221 ■ Condylomata of vulva, 652 Constitutional treatment of diseases of women, importance of, 383, 412, 425 Convulsions, hysterical, treatment, 404 Corpus luteum, false, described, 349 Corroding ulcer of os uteri, hemorrhage from, 71 ; diagnosis of, 211 Counter-irritation, uses of, 297 Cretinism, a cause of amenorrhoea, 420 Cysto-sarcoma of ovary. 598 Cystitis, painful micturition due to, 105 ; pain from, 129 ; treatment, 686 C^'stic affections of ovary, pathology, 594 ; natural history and prognosis of, 609 ; rupture of ovarian cysts, 134, 614 Cystocele. See Bladder, Prolapsus of. Cysts of broad ligaments (WolfiBan), 594; of omentum, 270; sub-peritoneal, 269 Diagnosis, method to be pursued in attain- ing it, 33 Decidua materna, characters of, 78 ; de- cidua of menstruation, 83, 346 Delivery, recent, signs of, 230 Defecation, difiScult, 113; painful, 113 Defects, congenital, of external generative organs, 667 Dermoid cysts of ovary, 329, 601 Diarrhoea, 115 Discharges, leucorrhoeal, diagnosis of their origin, 92 ; mucous and puriform, 92 ; non-sanguineous, 88 ; offensive, 95 ; due to cancer, treatment by disinfectants, 416 ; purulent, 93; sanious, 95; watery, 89 Discharges from rectum, 115 Disinfectants, 416 Douche, in treatment of leucorrhoea, 415 Dropsy, ovarian. See Ovarian Dropsy, of uterus. See Hydrometra. Dysentery, causing labor-like pain, 127 Dysmenorrhoea, 446 ; treatment, 458, 465 ; membranous dysmenorrhoea, 454, treat- ment, 472 Dysmenorrhea] membrane, its nature and physical characters, 83, 455 Ecraseur, wire rope, 539 Eczema of vulva, 660 Electric cautery, 394 Elephantiasis of vulva, 651 Encysted retained fojtus, 170, 270 Endometritis, local treatment of, 387 Enucleation of fibroid uterine growths, 564 Epispadias, causing involuntary micturi- tion, 109 Epithelial cancer of external generative organs, 654; of os uteri. See Cauli- flower Excrescence. Erectile organs in the woman, 342 Ergot of rye, in menorrhagia, 443 Excision of inverted uterus, 527 Excoriations of os uteri, treatment, 395 Exfoliations from bladder, 85 ; from va- gina, 83. External generative organs, examination of, 145, diseases and defects of, 647; pains in, 137; ulcerations of, 145 Factitious bodies from generative passage, 87 Fecal tumor, 275, 332 Fasces, conditions of, as signs of uterine disease, 115 ; distension of rectum by, 162