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.
Date:
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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    and the heart. In health, these are nicely packed and adjusted, so as to mutually aid and support each other, with the help of muscular bands or ligaments. Let, however, undue pressure from above downwards be used ; or let debility of the muscular system arise ; or cause too much heat around the hips and abdomen, and the womb suffers instantly by the superincumbent weight, and undue warmth, and in process of time falls down, with its neck in the vagina. This undue pres- sure and warmth is effected by the modern style of fashionable dressing. Instead of being suspended from the shoulder, it is suspended from the hips. Instead of being diffused over the body, it is crowded too much upon the back and abdomen, and instead of giving facility of motion to the muscles and chest, it oppresses their healthful movements by undue constriction. Hence arise weak stomach, feeble lung power, and a muscular system too debilitated to allow of the necessary exercise to develop a healthy, symmetrical body. Should it be wondered at, then, that this hydra-headed monster—^Fashion in dress—should mar our present civiliza- tion, by ruining its mother, woman, in that specific life-giving organ, the womb? Surely no one can question its power after a consideration of its effects. Fourth Cause—Imprudence during ]\'Ienstruation.—The importance and design of this function have been dwelt upon, and the reader, if not posted in regard to them, will please re-read them before entering on the examination of this topic. Having carefully considered what menstruation is, and its uses in the economy of woman, he is prepared to understand how its abuse produces the physical displacement under consideration. We will exjDlain. The uterus being designed as the home of the embryo child, where it is warmed and fed, and where it grows and is