A treatise on the diseases of females / by William P. Dewees.

  • William Potts Dewees
Date:
1835
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Credit: A treatise on the diseases of females / by William P. Dewees. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Page Sect. IV. Mode of applying the Ligature for Polypi - - 292 V. Of the Cauliflower Excrescence - - - - 296 VI. Of the Symptoms ------ 299 VII. Of the Prognostics 300 VIII. Of the Treatment of Cauliflower Excrescence - 301 IX. Of Hydatids of the Uterus - - - - 305 X. Of the Irritable Uterus 313 CHAPTER XVI. Of Uterine Hemorrhage ------- 336 Sect. I. 1. Of the Connexion of the Ovum with the Uterus ib. II. 2. Of the Causes which may tend to destroy this Connexion ------- 337 III. 3. Of the Mode of Action of certain of the remote Causes • - * - - _ - - ib. IV. 4. Of the Periods of Pregnancy at which Hemor- rhage may take place ----- 343 First Period ------- 344 Second Period --____ 352 V. Delivery considered as a Mode of arresting Hemor- rhage - - - - - 355 CHAPTER XVII. Hysteritis, or Inflammation of the Uterus - 361 Sect. I. Species First. 1. Causes - - - _ _ 362 2. Symptoms ------- 353 3. Constitutional Symptoms - - - _ 364 II. Species Second. On the mixed Inflammation of the Uterus, or accidental Puerperal Fever - - 369 Treatment - - - - - _ _ -371 a. Bleeding ~ ------ ib b. Purging s~3 c. Fomentations - - - . . n-4 d. Blisters ------ y. e. Sudorif.cs - - _ . _ _ „-.- f. Opium --__._ ., g. Emetics _ 3_g CHAPTER XVIII. Of Puerperal Fever --..._ fl History --.... ] *' Predisposing Causes --.__ „__ - oo2