A treatise on the management of female complaints / [Alexander Hamilton].

  • Alexander Hamilton
Date:
1824
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Credit: A treatise on the management of female complaints / [Alexander Hamilton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    relief, without pain to the patient, by the introduc- tion of a small flat silver pipe called a Catheter, if the more simple means of fomenting with warm water, &c. fail. In old age the bladder sometimes becomes har- dened and thickened, and eventually cancerous. This may he dreaded if there be frequent desire to pass water, accompanied with almost constant pain, while only very small quantities of urine of a fetid smell are passed at the time. It may be ascertained by examination ; and, although it cannot be cured, the painful symptoms may be alleviated. SECTION IV. Bearing down and Descent of the Womb. This is a very common complaint, and takes place in women of every age and of every rank. As its name implies, it consists of a change in the situation of the womb, by which that part falls much lower than it ought to do. In some cases, it ab- solutely protrudes entirely without the passages. The slighter degrees are styled Bearing down, and the more violent ones Descent or falling down, of the womb. In general, the first symptom of this disease is an uneasy sensation in the lower part of the back