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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    nearly all that has hitherto hern attempted, and often supposed to be effected, by tlie agency of medicine, wan cither utterly impossible, or, if productive of reeining benefit, that the amendment could only be properly imputed to internal and constitutional changes, occur- ring at the period when the medicine was given. This is a mortifying reflection to us all; but, be it remembered, that the world of science and wonder in which we live, was not the discovery of a day, nor a year. If it was reserved for the good fortune of those distinguished persons, to whom undoubtedly the credit is due, to make this discovery in the present age, we can ]X)int to the past, in which almost the entire struc- ture of anatomical science has been erected ; nay, the discovery of the true causes of menstruation is but the consequence of those important truths that have long preceded it. There is, then, no just cause for the condemnation of our predecessors, but of thankfulness, that distinguished men of our own age have added their mite to the num- ber of important facts. We should, indeed, were we to persevere in our hitherto blind treatment of derangi d menstruation, deserve the severest censure, more espe- cially when the discovery of the great truth, to which we allude, proves that the proper establishment of the function depends upon a healthy Infancy, and the ne- cessity of using every means to carry out the cviden/