On the causes and treatment of abortion and sterility : being the result of an extended practical inquiry into the physiological and morbid conditions of the uterus, with reference especially to leucorrhoeal affections and the diseases of menstruation / by James Whitehead.

  • Whitehead, James, 1812-1885.
Date:
1848
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Credit: On the causes and treatment of abortion and sterility : being the result of an extended practical inquiry into the physiological and morbid conditions of the uterus, with reference especially to leucorrhoeal affections and the diseases of menstruation / by James Whitehead. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    PAGE Difficult menstruation ------- 127 Case XVI. Paroxysms of hysteric fainting; regular menstrua- tion ; disappearance of the ailment after marriage - - 129 Case XVII. Menstruation accompanied with hysteric convulsions; induration and fissured ulceration of the labia uteri - - 130 Vicarious menstruation ------- 131 Case XVIII. Absence of natural menstruation; vicarious epistaxis; cure -------- 132 Case XIX. Absence of natural menstruation; vicarious leucorrhcea; cure - - - - - - - - 132 Case XX. Absence of natural menstruation; vicarious discharge from the surface of an ulcer; chlorosis; general dropsy; cure*] 134 Case XXI. Undue retention of the menses; periodical diarrhoea; cure -------- 135 Metrorrhagic menstruation - 137 CHAPTER IV. LAST MENSTRUAL CRISIS. 141-169. Age at which menstruation finally ceases ... - 141 Table V, Showing the ages at which sixty-nine individuals, who surmounted the last menstrual crisis, began and finally ceased to menstruate; the state of their health on each occasion; the num- ber of their pregnancies, including abortions; and the prevailing temperament or habit of body of each respectively - - 145 Diseases of the last menstrual crisis ----- 148 Case XXII. Purulent leucorrhcea after cessation of the menses; disease of the lower part of the uterus; cure - - - 152 Endo-uteritis ------- 154 Case. XXIII. Uterine hcemorrhage after cessation of the menses; purulent leucnrrhcRa ; varir.nse nicer of posterior labium uteri; cure ------.. 157 Case XXIV. Uterine phlebitis ; peritonitis ; effusion within the peritoneal cavity ; death ; post-mortem appearances - - 159 Case XXV. Disease of the cervix uteri of the cauliflower variety ; cerebriform cancer of ovarium; malignant degeneration of Fal- lopian tube, and of cellular structure of the pelvis; microsco- pal examination- - - - - - - 1(>3 Corroding ulcer - - - - - - -167