A treatise on rupture : its causes, progress and danger, with and examination of the claims of the different methods before the public for its treatment : trusses, their inefficiency and the danger resulting from their persistent use, together with the best means of relief and cure : also a consideration of that most frequent and distressing form of displacement, known as "prolapsus uteri" : with an examination of the methods of support for its relief and cure : accompanied by a philosophic exposition of the means of preserving health and prolonging life, in men, women, and children, known as laws of hygiene / by W. Pryor.

  • Pryor, W.
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1876
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Credit: A treatise on rupture : its causes, progress and danger, with and examination of the claims of the different methods before the public for its treatment : trusses, their inefficiency and the danger resulting from their persistent use, together with the best means of relief and cure : also a consideration of that most frequent and distressing form of displacement, known as "prolapsus uteri" : with an examination of the methods of support for its relief and cure : accompanied by a philosophic exposition of the means of preserving health and prolonging life, in men, women, and children, known as laws of hygiene / by W. Pryor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    The constitution of woman is naturally more delicate than that of man. Her nervous system is more sensitive, and demands more care for its healthful performance. But society, ignoring her peculiarities of organization, has failed to give her such an education as will strengthen her mind and body, and protect her from the physical dangers to which she is liable. Fashion loads her with her pernicious forms of dressing; late hours rob her brain of rest; ill - ventilated sleeping-apartments and households poison her body with impure air; and an aimless, unoccupied, unexercised daily life, takes from her that wholesome mental stimulus that gives tone and vigor to her organs. She is therefore, unfortunately, illy prepared to resist diseasing causes ; and when assailed by cold, or taxed by the cares and consequences of marriage, she falls a victim to displacements, which embitter her life. Thirdly. Improprieties in Dress.— This has been a fruitful theme, and justly so, for denunciation on the part of female reformers. Unfortunately for woman, science has had ])ut little to do with providing her suitable garments. They have Ijeen devised by an ignorant fashion, whose sole aim has been to please the vulgar, uneducated eye, regardless of the more important and lasting effects upon her health, beauty happiness, and oft^pTing. She has therefore been, through ages, a constant victim to whims and caprices that have always led her into physical transgressions, causing the most distressing maladies. Among these, the most conspicuous is prolaj)SUS. When we regard the position of the womb, 'tis not difficult to perceive how this has happened. It is in the centre of the pelvic region, between the bladder and rectum ; above are the intestines, liver, stomach and spleen, and higher up, the lungs