The physiology and therapeutics of the Harrogate waters, baths, and climate applied to the treatment of chronic disease / by William Bain and Wilfrid Edgecombe.

  • Bain, William.
Date:
1905
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Credit: The physiology and therapeutics of the Harrogate waters, baths, and climate applied to the treatment of chronic disease / by William Bain and Wilfrid Edgecombe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHRONIC UTERINE AND OVARIAN DISEASES The affections amenable to Spa treatment are: (1) chronic cervical catarrh; (2) chronic endometritis; (3) subinvolution of the uterus; (4) chronic pelvic cellulitis; (5) chronic ovaritis. Menorrhagia and dysmenorrhoea are symptoms of most of these disorders. In endometritis and subinvolution of the uterus, curetting is unquestionably the best form of treatment, but some patients dread an operation and decline to be curetted if they can be cured by any other means. Even after curetting, a course of baths is some- times advisable. The first consideration in treating these cases is the general condition of the patient, as gastro-intestinal disturbance and neurotic symptoms are often prominent in uterine and ovarian disease. When the digestive irregularities are rectified and the general health is placed on a satisfactory basis it is remarkable how the local condition improves without any topical applications. The general treatment consists in the administration of Strong Sulphur water at first to correct any disorder of the stomach, and, subsequently, a tonic water in combination with massage of the whole body, excepting the abdomen, plenty of fresh air and a moderate amount of exercise. During the periods patients should lie on a couch close to the open window in fine weather, draughts being avoided; or a few hours may be spent in a bath chair after the second day. In chronic cervical catarrh and chronic ovaritis