On the nature of the membrane occasionally expelled in dysmenorrhœa / by J.Y. Simpson.

  • James Young Simpson
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[©1846?]
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    5 ON THE * NATURE OF THE MEMBRANE OCCASIONALLY EXPELLED IN DYSMENORRH(EA. BY J. Y. SIMPSON, M;D., PROFESSOR OP MIDWIFERY IN THE UNIYERSITir OF EDJNBCmGH, ETC. ETC. lExtracted from the Monthly Journal of Medical Science.'] It is weU known that m some cases of dysmenorrhoea an organised membrane 19 expelled, with much pain, from the uterus during the course of the catamenial discharge, and that this happens either occasionally only, or, what is far more common, during a long suc- cession of menstrual periods. ^ ^ All authors who have expressed an opinion regarding the nature of this dysmenorrheal membrane have, as far af I am aware re- gaixled It as a morbid structure formed by the exudation of coagu- Se We I'rur ^^^^^ — -m- «It is composed (says Dr Churchill) of plastic lymph such crouT tro'noff bv^h' tbe mucous membran^ of the'Sea croup, thrown off by the Iming membrane of the uterus, and takino- We shall probably be correct (Dr Montgomery observes) in referring such productions [dysmenorrheal SiLesl to Inv cause capable of exciting a certain degree of irritatim,^ or perhaps mucous membrane, as, for instance in th^ i„f^ • ^ <lia,Th.a tubulari,;and in tClSJlflhtZ'}^ .™„„„, ^^^^^^ ^^^^