Treatment of dysmenorrhoea and sterility resulting from anteflexion of the uterus / by Thos. Addis Emmet.

  • Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919.
Date:
1865
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Credit: Treatment of dysmenorrhoea and sterility resulting from anteflexion of the uterus / by Thos. Addis Emmet. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Mrs. G., aged 22, menstruated for the first time at 14. The flow was always scanty, and excessively painful during the first day. Her health was not perfect, but she was never confined to the house until after her marriage, at 19 years of age. Im- mediately after this time, the menstrual flow became length- ened from four to eight days, but the quantity was, in fact, rather lessened, and the menstruation more painful. She became a confirmed invalid, and was confined to her couch. She stated that the anticipation of suffering, in advance of each period, destroyed all her happiness, and made death seem a blessing to her. In addition to an excessive degree of nervousness for two years past, she had suffered from constant pain over the left ovary, increased in the upright position, with irritability of the bladder. I found her case the most extreme one of flex- ure that I had ever met with; the body hypertrophied, and the neck small and pointed. I operated, and within twenty-four hours there was a marked improvement in the condition of her nervous system. I made two applications of the acid, and several of iodine, and attended to the improvement of her general health. Late in November she returned home, having menstruated more freely, but without being entirely relieved from pain. She continued to improve without further treat- ment, and in the February following became pregnant. She has since been delivered ; at the present time is in perfect health, and is, I believe, again pregnant. It is unnecessary to offer the history of a greater number of cases as' types of illustration. In those already presented, the object has been accomplished. As I have dwelt with so much stress on the necessary after-treatment, without which little could be accomplished, the operation may be regarded as unnecessary. I have never had a fact more fully demon-