. Cyclopædia of obstetrics and gynecology . a, particularly during the latterhalf of pregnancy, forming a rough surface and coexisting with erosionsand with superficial ulcerations of the cervix. In this case the dischargebecomes very abundant, yellower greenish, and, producing painful inflam- DISEASES OF PREGNAISTCY. Ivd matioii and superficial ulceration of the external genitals, and of the inneraspect of the thiglis, causes great suffering. The best means of reliefconsists in separation of the surfaces with bits of fine linen dipped in asolution of sub-acetate of lead, in careful injections
. Cyclopædia of obstetrics and gynecology . a, particularly during the latterhalf of pregnancy, forming a rough surface and coexisting with erosionsand with superficial ulcerations of the cervix. In this case the dischargebecomes very abundant, yellower greenish, and, producing painful inflam- DISEASES OF PREGNAISTCY. Ivd matioii and superficial ulceration of the external genitals, and of the inneraspect of the thiglis, causes great suffering. The best means of reliefconsists in separation of the surfaces with bits of fine linen dipped in asolution of sub-acetate of lead, in careful injections, in alkaline baths, andparticularly, in tampons of cotton. These tampons enclose equal partsof alum and sub-nitrate of bismuth, and are tied by a thread, which isallowed to hang between the legs, and serves to withdraw the leave the tampon in place three days, at the end of which time thepatient withdraws it, takes an alkaline bath, and during her bath, injectssome of the alkaline water. A new tampon is then inserted, and so Fig. 8.—^Vegetations of the Nymphs.—(McClintock.) Generally after three or four tampons, notable relief ensues, if not acomplete cure. We have never seen accidents due to the tampons.[Owing to the well-known property of the tampon, of exciting uterinecontractions, we should not care to resort to it here. The means abovedescribed by us, for the relief of pruritus, will answer for the symptomleucorrhoea. —Ed. ] Vegetations. These are common in pregnant women (Fig. 8). These vegetations,for a long time considered syphilitic, are not due to syphilis and are de-veloped by pregnancy, as Thibierge has so well shown. Cullerier, Boysde Loury, Costilhes and Eicord, noted the coincidence of pregnancy andvegetations. They appear at all stages of pregnancy, in the shape of II.—13. 194 A TREATISE OIN OBSTETRICS, pediciilated at the attachment and swollen like cauliflower. They areroseate, pale, red, brown or livid. Sometimes they are i
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