A treatise on the nervous diseases of women ; comprising an inquiry into the nature, causes, and treatment of spinal and hysterical disorders / By Thomas Laycock, M.D.

  • Thomas Laycock
Date:
1840
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Credit: A treatise on the nervous diseases of women ; comprising an inquiry into the nature, causes, and treatment of spinal and hysterical disorders / By Thomas Laycock, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Introduction , 1 Necessity of new mode of inquiiy—mode proposed 1-3 PART FIRST-SPECIAL PHYSIOLOGY. CHAPTER I.—Principles and Definitions. Section I.—First Generalization—Establishment of Gene- ral Principles 5 a. First Principle.—The Nervov^ System the Seat of Hysteric Diseases 6 h. Second Principle.—Hysteria is Peculiar to Females 8 c. Third Principle.— Women of Susceptible Nervous System more liable than others 8 d. Fourth Principle.—Hysteric Diseases appear only during that Period of Life in which the Reproductive Organs perform their Functions 9 Section II.—The General Relations of the Reproductive Organs 9 a. Preliminary Coyisiderations 9 h. The Reproductive Organs Defined 10 c. The Poijits of Difference between the Sexes 12 CHAPTER II.—Tpie Special Relations of the Re- productive Organs. Section I.—Relations to the Cutaneous Products 14 a. General Remarks 14 b. Relations to the Colour of the Cutaneous Products 15 c. Relatio7is to the Feathers, Hair, Horns, and Tusks or Teeth of Animals ] 6 d. The Subtegumentary Fat;—the mammaj 18 e. The Sexual Odours 18