Sexual disease and its medical prevention / by H.N. Robson.

  • Robson, H. N.
Date:
1911
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    in married life; but gynaecologists now recognise that it prevails far more than used to be suspected ; and in the “ Report of the Committee of Seven on the Prophylaxis of Venereal Diseases in New York City,” it was indicated that thirty per cent of all venereal infections occurring in women, in private practice, is communicated by their hus- bands. The Committee endeavoured to obtain from the leading gynaecologists of America and Europe, the proportion of cases of pelvic inflam- mation due to gonorrhoeal infection ; the average of the statistics was forty-seven per cent. In women the results of gonorrhoea may be far more serious than in man, as the inflammation can ascend into the womb, the fallopian tubes, and the ovaries, setting up a chronic condition of semi-invalidism, with painful or difficult menstrua- tion. After years of trouble and annoyance, or as the outcome of an acute infection of their uterine appendages, the aid of the surgeon is invoked, and trying operations submitted to. However, it need not be inferred from this that every woman is so unfortunate as to suffer in this way; as both men and women can be cured of this disease, provided they realise the importance of treating it in a thorough manner, or provided