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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    M timk or ooouseincx, ami quANT/rr. and calls in all the ■pplisnoen of great mecbanioe] ingenuity; but .here is no dispensing with a rational system of physical and mental training, oaloulated to counteract*the errors of early management. With regard to the amount disoharged at each menstrual period, we will only say here, then is no forming an accurate estimate. From live or six ounces, to eight or ten, will doubtless compass the truth in the far greater portion of females who do not require medical treatment for excess or diminution of their periods. See chapters on difficult and excessive men- struation. It will, however, save much anxiety in many to know, that there cannot possibly he assigned any spe- cific amount for each monthly period ; because that must depend entirely upon natural causes. For the same reason that the period is sometimes established, even in those who are perfectly healthy, muob earlier or later than in others equally so, it is often greater or less in amount. We have ourselves met with m cases in which it is the constant habit to experience the return only four or six times in a year, and yet the individuals thus affected enjoy very good health. There is no doubt whatever that all these functions ,-iiiFer as much as some others—such as the required amount of sleep, food, clothing, etc. What is de- manded bv nature is, that the woman shall menstruate