Essay on the pudendagra / [Marmaduke Berdoe].

  • Marmaduke Berdoe
Date:
1771
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Credit: Essay on the pudendagra / [Marmaduke Berdoe]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    capable of that predile6tion which is to dif- tribute the catamenial flux. The fame as when the hepatic nerves, or the proper fen- fibility (which is the life of each refpe£tive organ) of the liver, incapable of feparating P r »t * the bilious humor of the blood, leaves it to circulate unfecreted by its proper organ, and is thrown by its redundance upon the whole conftitution. We cannot agree, not with - handing the authority of Mr. Boerhaave, that the uterus was only deftined to feparate a certain portion of that plethora, which he imagined to be the true caufe of the menftrual difcharge; becaufe if the confequence was a mere plethora of blood, then bleeding would always prove an advantageous remedy. But experience has confirm'd, that bleeding proves fometimes but a mere palliative relief, in wo¬ men of delicate and tender conftitutions, if it does not often, by a repitition, throw the weakened patient into more ferious diforders. It is known to be dangerous to the lad degree if frequently repeated. Or is the menftrual difcharge
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