Treatise on the nature and cure of prolapsus uteri, and other affections of the pelvic viscera / by Robert Thompson.
- Thompson, Robert, 1797-1865
- Date:
- 1838
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Treatise on the nature and cure of prolapsus uteri, and other affections of the pelvic viscera / by Robert Thompson. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![support, or may derive advantage from their use. To that end, therefore, their posterior points of attachment to the lower pelvic strap can he varied at pleasure. . 5th. The apparatus can he worn at all times, and under all circumstances ; but lest constant use should render its discontinu- ance unpleasant or injurious, it should be laid aside occasionally, or slackened as the nature of the case may require or admit. Cth. The instrument should be kept in as neat a condition as possible, that the skin may not suffer an abrasion of the cuticle. To prevent this, if threatened, cold ablutions may be practised with] decided advantage, not only to the surface but also to the internal organs. 7th. In selecting the abdomino-pelvic bandage, it will be pro- per to be governed by a measure of the abdomen below the um- bilicus, and also of the distance between the pubes and lower end of the sternum. From what has been already said of this fashion of apparatus, it is unnecessary here to dwell upon its fitness in a variety of cases which fall under the notice of medical practitioners. With respect to the medical treatment which should be advised during the use of the apparatus, it will be unnecessary to make but few remarks, as every treatise upon the diseases of females may be consulted with advantage. But I would remark generally : that in all cases, the exciting, as w-ell as the aggravating causes should be clearly ascertained and sedulously avoided ; and that (unless there be some rare peculiarity in the patient or the case ) the constitutional condition of the patient should never be lost sight of. Free air, exercise never carried to fatigue, a free state of the bowels, nourishing diet, agreeable company at proper hours (never allowing the rules of society to interfere with the comfort of the patient,) the resilience occasioned by the cold hip-bath or aspersion, arc means exceedingly beneficial in cases accompa- nied with great relaxation. When I have had occasion to prescribe astringents, the most favorable results have been derived from the use of the various preparations of iron. Of these, however, I generally prefer the muriated tincture. The solidified balsam copaiva, exerts a](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21159294_0037.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
