An inquiry into the pathological importance of ulceration of the os uteri : being the Croonian lectures for the year 1854 / by Charles West.

  • Charles West
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1854
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Credit: An inquiry into the pathological importance of ulceration of the os uteri : being the Croonian lectures for the year 1854 / by Charles West. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ACTIVITY OP SEXUAL FUNCTIONS. TABLE III. Showing alleged Cames of Uterine Ailment. 49 Causes. Ulceration. t— Absent. Present. Actual Proportion Actual Proportion Numbers. per cent. Numbers. per cent. None assigned . . 55 38-4 41 32-8 Of the remaining . . 88 61-6 84 67-2 Marriage . * 10 11-8 7 8-3 Pregnancy . . 3 3-4 2 2-3 Abortion . . 17 19-2 16 19 Delivery . . 27 30-7 32 38- Lactation . . 2 2-2 3 3-5 Gonorrhoea or Syphilis 13 14-7 11 13' Disordered Menstrua- tion .... 3 3-4 0 0 Uterine or Abdominal Inflammation 1 1'] 3 35 Inj ury, Operations on, or Disease of Uterus 7 7-9 4 4-7 Sedentary Occupation 2 2-2 3 3-5 Other Causes . . 3 3-4 3 35 88 99-5 84 99-3 Nor, indeed, as far as can be judged from the duration of the symptoms before their severity or their continuance im- pelled the patients to seek relief at the Hospital, do we find materials for drawing any distinction between the two classes of cases. It appears that, while 46 per cent, of those cases in which ulceration was absent applied at the Hospital within a year after the commencement of their ailments, not more than 47 per cent, of those in which ulceration existed sought relief during the same period. From this fact it is, I think, fair to infer that the patients suffered about equally under both circumstances, and that the symptoms were not ma- terially aggravated by the presence of ulceration of the os uteri. E