A treatise on the diseases of females : disorders of menstruation.
- John Charles Peters
- Date:
- 1854
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A treatise on the diseases of females : disorders of menstruation. 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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![days before their regular time. The use of Platina is said to have been followed on the second day of Menstruation, in a case in which there was usually no pain, and the flow was generally quite scanty, by a violent pressure upon the womb, and incessant discharge, attended with griping in the abdo- men, and bearing-down pain in the groins. When Menstruation occurs every 3 weeks, Bryonia, Mos- chus, Oocculus, Pulsat., Sanguinaria canadensis, and Ben- zoic acid, are regarded as the most homoeopathic remedies. Brvonia is indicated when the menses set in 8 or 14, or 21 days before their time. Moschus when they come on six days too soon and are very profuse—merely smelling of this drug is said to have brough ton Menstruation, Cocculus when it sets in 7 days too soon, attended with distension of the abdo- men, and cutting, contractive pains in the bowels from every movement or respiration, and with spasmodic constriction in the rectum; also when it occurs 8 days too early, attended with distension of the abdomen, and a pain in the epigastric region, not only from every movement and step, but also while sitting, with the feeling as if a sharp stone were pressed into the hypogastric region, with soreness to touch. Pusaltilla is said to be indicated in some rare cases, when the menses ap- pear 7 days too soon. Benzoic acicl, when the menses occur 8 days too soon and are more copious than usual, but last only 5 days instead of 6 or 7, the discharge being thick and clotted. Sanguinaria, when they set in a week too soon, the discharge being more black than natural. When Menstruation occurs every 14 days, Ipecac, Bryonia, Kux vom., Nuxjuglans, Hyosc, Ledum, Primus spinosa, and Platina, are regarded as the principal remedies. Ipecac, is merely said to be indicated when the menses are renewed every 14 days. Bryonia, when they appear 14 days before their time. ISTux vomica, when they reappear on the 14th day again, also Hyosc, Ledum and Primus spinosa. ]STux juglans, when they set in at the end of a fortnight, with pressing and drawing pains in the uterus, and abundant loss of blackish coaguloe. Platina, when the menses, which usually come on](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21008413_0041.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
