On diseases of menstruation and ovarian inflammation, in connexion with sterility, pelvic tumours, and affections of the womb / [Edward John Tilt].
- Edward John Tilt
- Date:
- 1850
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: On diseases of menstruation and ovarian inflammation, in connexion with sterility, pelvic tumours, and affections of the womb / [Edward John Tilt]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![function, and that there is no remedy for whatever evils may attend it—The repugnance of patients to submit to the necessary modes of investigation— The repugnance of the Physician to press for an examination which is not imperatively demanded .. Sketch of ovarian bibliography from the time of /Etius to the present day — Authors, ancient as well as modern, have described the puerperal form; some few moderns the acute idiopathic; but none have fully investigated the sub-acute form of ovarian inflammation, although many have given hints, sug- gestions, &c., of the existence of this disease On the different modes of ovarian exploration Abdominal exploration Vaginal exploration Rectal exploration Exploration by the HolbioneE’ ‘CHAPTER L SUB-ACUTE OVARITIS. Synonomy and Definition—Morbid Anatomy : Anatomical conditions of the ovaries during menstru- ation in the healthy woman Lesions of the ovarian peritoneum ; of the stron’ Me the Graaffian vesicles ; of the ovaries in the puer- peral sub-acute form; of the Fallopian tubes CHAPTER II. CAUSES OF SUB-ACUTE OVARITIS. Predisposing causes :— Structure and functions of the ovaries—Lymphatic temperament—Over stimulation of the ovaries ; or their total deprivation of a natural stimulus . Exciting Causes :— Some are of a permanent kind; others produce arrest of menstruation, as damp, cold, or sudden moral PAGE 10 12 16 19 21 24 27 39 4] 49](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33099169_0010.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)


