Diseases of women / by Alfred Lewis Galabin.

  • Galabin, Alfred Lewis.
Date:
1893
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Credit: Diseases of women / by Alfred Lewis Galabin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PRURITUS VTJLVvE. sexual irritability which results is a source of great annoyance, or may give rise to the habit of masturba- tion. The scratching excited by the itching aggravates the malady, and is apt to produce vulvitis, if none existed previously, Pruritus vulvas thus partakes, in great measure, of the character of a neurosis, but in a considerable proportion of cases it is excited by some discharge, either uterine or vaginal, which cither sets lip actual vulvitis, or at least irritates the terminations of the nerves. The Treatment consists in the discovery and re- moval of the cause. Endometritis is to be especially sought for, if no other is readily discoverable. In all cases, diet should be sparing, alcohol and spices should be avoided, and extreme cleanliness observed. As a temporary palliative, warm hip-baths at intervals of a few hours are of use. If uterine or vaginal lcueorrhcea is the exciting cause, very frequent vaginal injections, used in an effectual manner (see p. 223), are to be recommended, and a tampon soaked in glycerine con- taining acetate of lead or borax may be kept constantly in the vagina. Especially, when the irritation is not limited to the vulva, but extends to the vagina, fre- quent douches with warm infusion of bran arc useful. The vulva, if not itself much inflamed, may be pro- tected by unctuous applications, of which the best is vaseline or lanolin, to which may be added acetate of lead (3j. ad 5].), with acetate of morphia (gr. x. ad 3]'.), chloroform (3ss. ad 33.), or dilute hydrocyanic acid ad An ointment of quinine in vaseline (gr. xxx. ad 3]'.) often gives much relief. If there is actual inflammation of the vulva, it is preferable to keep between the labia a pledget of lint soaked in a lotion containing glycerine ad §]'.), and carbolic acid (gr. iv. ad 3^'.), to which may be added acetate of morphia (gr. ij. ad or dilute hydrocyanic acid (7;ss. ad 3j\), or a combination of the two. Carbolic acid and glycerine may also be combined with the liquor plimibis snbacetatis dilutus. A solution of per-