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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![Hysterical type—Strange connexion between ner- vous phenomena of variable intensity with the fulfilment of each act of the great drama of re- production—Hysteria peculiar to the reproduc- tive period of the life of both sexes—A_ disease almost peculiar to woman—Concurrence of mo- dern with ancient experience in proof of hysteria being produced by some deranged ovarian action CHAPTER IV. TERMINATIONS OF SUB-ACUTE OVARITIS. Sterility — Most frequently caused by inflammatory action in the different tissues of the ovaries—Dr. Oldham’s case—Sub-acute ovaritis causes sterility. (1) by accelerating the shedding of imperfectly de- veloped ova; (2) by the retention of blighted ova in the ovary; (3) by placing mechanical impediments to their transmission from the ovaries to the uterus Uterine inflammation — Sub-acute ovaritis frequently produces uterine engorgement and erectile swelling of the cervix—Concord of opinions of modern ob- servers in support of these views—Cases in illustra- TIGTi ae Ph ches MEME mee! Tho homie IOR de ae Jigen ulema New light thrown on uterine pathology by this expla- nation of the persistence of the patient’s sufferings after the cure of uterine inflammation . | CHAPTER V. TREATMENT OF SUB-ACUTE OVARITIS. Blood-letting — Purgatives — Injections — Blisters — Inunctions—Habituation to use of drawers Treatment of— . Amenorrheeal type Dysmenorrheeal type Menorrhagic type Hysteric type . PAGE 91 10] 110 118 120 138 139 139 140](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33099169_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
