This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 Excerpt: ...scanty. The first symptoms of uterine disease date from twenty-one, when she had abdominal pains and slight red or brown discharge, and was treated uselessly by tonics for two years, when she consulted the late Dr. Engledue, who recognised uterine disease, and advised the patient to consult Dr. H. Bennet, but before ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 Excerpt: ...scanty. The first symptoms of uterine disease date from twenty-one, when she had abdominal pains and slight red or brown discharge, and was treated uselessly by tonics for two years, when she consulted the late Dr. Engledue, who recognised uterine disease, and advised the patient to consult Dr. H. Bennet, but before doing so she again tried constitutional remedies for two years longer. Dr. Bennet found ulceration of the neck of the womb, cured it, without, however, preventing the frequent occurrence of sharp abdominal pains, Case 42.--In 1853, a retired colonial surgeon consulted me about his daughter, who was seventeen years of age, and had suffered from painful swelling of the mammary glands; and she was under my care for a few weeks in the autumn of 1861. She was twenty-five years of age, a good-looking blonde, highly nervous, flushing easily, and very stout and flabby. Bora of delicate parents, she resembled them in that respect. The menstrual flow came at twelve, always irregular, painful, and scanty. At fifteen, on recovering from fever, a very painful, hard swelling was discovered in the right breast, and by some it was considered malignant. By degrees the menstrual periods became worse, and there were sharp, shooting pains in the womb, between the menstrual periods; but she was able to get about until her twentieth year, when a surgeon discovered an ulcer at the neck of the womb; he cured it, and, naturally enough, promised that this would insure recovery; but with the exception of the loss of sharp, cutting uterine pains, all the other symptoms remained;--indeed, sickness, which had been bad for a few months, became worse, and continued so for ten months, although there was no biliousness nor jaundice, and nothing checked this but going to the sea-...
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