A treatise on the organic diseases of the womb.

  • John Balbirnie
Date:
[1836?]
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Credit: A treatise on the organic diseases of the womb. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    In the books attributed to Hippocrates, where the author treats of the nature of woman, and of her diseases, we find described almost all the known affections of the womb, but without any methodical arrangement. In the following description, we can group out the characters of something, at least, pretty much analogous to chronic metro- peritonitis. iC ,x¥Lv ccs prjrgocs (phty^vcoGS roc \\Jj\Jjt\vsoc ov ysvirocs KocvrocnocGsv, rj ftovqgoc kocs oksyoc, kocs OKorocv vrjarsg r,, SfJbSTOg OCUrTJV \0C(/j&0CP£S . OKOrOCV §g TS ficcy/l, IfJttUt 70C GSTSOC, kocs fi&vvq ey^ss rr\v visocs^ocv yocari^oc kocs rocg s\vocg, kocs Xesffo-^vxi?] Tg%si> h §g yocGTqg ore ykv azX'/jgrj, ore he \JjOc\Qockti ears, kocs (fvaoirocs zocs (/jeyocXyj ysverocs, kocs loKees h yocGTgs \y}sv kocs tjv eaoc(pocac>7ig rov hocKrvKov ev^esg to arojjjoc layyov kocs offov Ifyocv?} roc e^rsfJb'/jvsoc oKsyoc kocs novice, kocs rocg KXrjstccg kocs rov r^ccyjihov Xzffrvvtrocs, kocs os ito^eg osheovasv.—IffToxg. wegi (pbaeojg yvvocsK.* If the womb is inflamed, the menses are suppressed; or if they appear, it is only in small quantity, and they have a morbid character: the patient vomits, fasting: her stomach rejects food as soon as taken: the hypogastrium and the loins are painful, and the mind is depressed. The ab- domen, sometimes hard, at other times soft, or distended by air, acquires a considerable volume, and the patient believes herself pregnant. If the touch is practised, the neck is found diminished; when the menses appear, they are scanty and * Ed. Kuhn, 1825, torn. ii. pp. 539—541.
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