Woman and her diseases : from the cradle to the grave : adapted exclusively to her instruction in the physiology of her system and all the diseases of her critical periods / by Edward H. Dixon.

  • Dixon, Edward H., 1808-1880.
Date:
1860
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Credit: Woman and her diseases : from the cradle to the grave : adapted exclusively to her instruction in the physiology of her system and all the diseases of her critical periods / by Edward H. Dixon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    8S DIFFICULT AND IM1NITL WINSTUrATION. struction and caution, and it is our duty in completing our design, to give all the information that may he of service. If cancer of the uterus is ever to bo cured, it must be in its earliest beginning; for when fully developed, it is utterly impossible. Difficult menstruation sometimes occurs from con- traction of the uterine opening, ami is often the cause of barrenness; in adopting a very simple and suooessfu] means for its relief, suggested by a distinguished Eu- ropean physician, it gives us great pleasure to have realized another result, mentioned by its suggester, viz. the birth of children. Several instances in which this practice has been pursued by ourselves and our friends, have proved the truth of his assertion. The practice consists in dilating the opening of 'he uterus until the morbid tendency to contraction should be overcome. It is a measure unattended with either pain or exposure, and one to which the must delicate female may submit without the least annoyance. Du- ring this process, which should occupy but a few min- utes at first, gradually increasing the period for the instrument to remain, the patient is kept under the operation of sedative medicines. Any further mention of the means to be used would be out of place in this volume; the professional attendant is supposed to be fully acquainted with its method of application. It is not improbable that this painful performance of