On diseases of menstruation and ovarian inflammation, in connexion with sterility, pelvic tumours, and affections of the womb / [Edward John Tilt].

  • Tilt, Edward John, 1815-1893
Date:
1850
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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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    Question II.—What, then, are the principal diseases of menstruation? AMENORRH@A, or suppressed menstruation ; DysMENoRRH@A, or painful menstruation ; MENoRRHAGIA, or profuse menstruation ; Lrvucorru@a, or various discharges ; and Hysrerta. We shall briefly examine into the meaning of these substantives. What does AMENORRHG@A imply? Absence of organs of ovulation, their destruc- tion, their chlorotic arrest of development. Sub-acute or acute ovaritis ; Or it may represent the inflammation, or the obliteration, of the Fallopian tubes; Undersized womb ; Inflammation of the womb; Morbid stricture, or obliteration of the neck of the womb; Ulceration of the neck of the womb (Dr. H. Bennet); | Its induration (J. P. Frank); Retroversion of the womb (Dr. Rigby); Or the organs of reproduction may be perfect, but, under the influences of various acute and chronic diseases, the menstrual flow may be impeded or suppressed. This word Amenorrhcea, which answers to so many conditions, can, then, be no longer admitted as a substantive term. It means so much that it means nothing.