On the causes and treatment of abortion and sterility: being the result of an extended practical inquiry into the physiological and morbid conditions of the uterus / with reference especially to leucorrhoeal affections, and the diseases of menstruation.

  • Whitehead, James, 1812-1885. [from old catalog].
Date:
1854
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: On the causes and treatment of abortion and sterility: being the result of an extended practical inquiry into the physiological and morbid conditions of the uterus / with reference especially to leucorrhoeal affections, and the diseases of menstruation. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Lamar Soutter Library, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Lamar Soutter Library at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

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    CONTENTS. PAGE Introduction - - - - - - - -vii CHAPTER I. iVIENSTRUATION. 33 61. Signs of puberty ..---.-33 Periodicity of menstruation - - - - - - 36 Average quantity of the menstrual secretion tiirown off at each period - 39 Properties of the menstrual fluid - - - - - -41 Nature of the vaginal mucus - - - - - - 45 Nature of the cruJe menstrual fluid - - - - - 46 Nature of the true menstrual fluid - - - - - 46 Source of the menstrual secretion - - - - - - 50 Case I. Pseudo-pregnancy; granulating ulcer of'the labia uteri; purulent leucorrhcea; regular menstruation, the fluid proceed- ing from the diseased surface; bearing-down; recovery - 57 Case II. Induration and fissured ulceration of the labia; purulent leucorrhcea; irregular menstruation, the fluid proceeding from the diseased surface; recovery - - - - 58 Case III, Indications of dropsy; alleged pregnancy; profuse menstruation; purulent leucorrhcea; varicose ulcer of the ante- rior labium uteri furnishing the menstrual product; recovery - 59 CHAPTER II. CONDITIONS WHICH PRINCIPALLY INFLUENCE MENSTRUATION AT ITS COMMENCE- MENT. 62—100. Age of puberty ..-...--62 Table I. Showing the age at which puberty was accomplished in four thousand individuals - - - - - 63 Table II. Showing the age of menstruation in those comprised in the preceding Table, arranged in four successive groups of one thousand each - - - - - - 64 Table III. Giving the number of cases in which puberty was accomplished at four diiferent epochs, into which the range of ases constituting the first menstrual climacteric has been divided, and the proportion of unfavourable cases encountered at each epoch respectively - - - - - 65 Influence of temperament and habit of body in determining the character of disease in difficult menstruation - - - - 66 Scrofulous diathesis - - - - - --73 Origin of scrofula - - - - - - - -76 Hereditary predisposition .------84 Of employment as influencing the development of puberty - - 86 , Table IV. Showing the relative healthfulness of eight difTerent kinds of employments or pursuits, as evidenced by the man- ner in which they appeared to influence the menstrual func- tions at the age of puberty - - - - - 87 Of climate as influencing the development of puberty - - - 95