Sexual disease and its medical prevention / by H.N. Robson.

  • Robson, H. N.
Date:
1911
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    appendicitis, and in other cases it has been diplo- matically termed an appendicitis by way of a euphemism ; the suppressio veri and the suggestio falsi being regarded as essential for the sake of reputation. In the married woman the invasion of her reproductive organs may clear up either with or without an operation ; it may require a long confinement in bed, as the infection is apt to be intractable ; it may leave her with painful ad- hesions for the rest of her life ; it may result in a hopeless condition of sterility ; finally, the ob- stetric surgeon may have to remove uterus, tubes, and ovaries, in order to render life endurable. Briefly, the explanation of these things is mechanical; the sterility arises from the inflam- mation blocking up the means of communication between the ovaries and the womb ; and these alterations are permanent and irremediable. The pain is often permanent on movement also, and is due to the inflammation forming adhesions to surrounding parts which are sensitive; in this way, walking or shopping may cause a pulling or dragging on those parts, and pain is a matter of course. Of late years a good deal has been heard of the lower birth-rate in America and Great Britain,