The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . menon in the preg-nant state or immediately followingit. Of the two periods, it is oftener developed post partum than in the courseof pregnancy. There is a possibility, however, that the fall is noticed only whenthe hair has become thin. The fall is general, but the temporal regions areusually chiefly affected. It is rare that any part is completely denuded. It would seem probable that this affection is to be classed with the alopeciasof prolonged fevers. If so, it is a nutritional disturbance in the h
The practice of obstetrics, designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine . menon in the preg-nant state or immediately followingit. Of the two periods, it is oftener developed post partum than in the courseof pregnancy. There is a possibility, however, that the fall is noticed only whenthe hair has become thin. The fall is general, but the temporal regions areusually chiefly affected. It is rare that any part is completely denuded. It would seem probable that this affection is to be classed with the alopeciasof prolonged fevers. If so, it is a nutritional disturbance in the hair papillae,doubtless toxemic in origin. Treatment.—The women usually require iron and strychnin, hydrotherapyand forced feeding. Locally, something can be done in the way of preventionby careful attention to the scalp hygiene during pregnancy. Shampooingwith tincture of green soap every fortnight and application of a 5 per cent,resorcin lotion are sufficient. After full development, as regards the shampoo,it is well to warn the patient that she may see a considerable loss at first. I. Fig. 473.—Fibroma Gravidarum. 340 PATHOLOGICAL PREGNANCY. there is any scaling, the resorcin lotion should be used two or three times aweek. A serviceable wash is salicylic acid gr. xx, resorcin one-half drachm,oleum ricini one-half drachm, oleum lavandulse ten drops, alcohol one there is no dandruff, pilocarpin is incomparably the best remedy. Itcannot very well be used in injection on account of its depressant action, but itmay be applied to the scalp every day in a one or two per cent, alcoholic hair should be parted and the wash well rubbed into the roots. If the ex-pense is too great, undiluted fluid extract of jaborandi may be substituted,but is not nearly so efficacious. Prognosis is always good. 6. Fibroma Molluscum Gravidarum.—Under the name of fibroma molluscumgravidarum, Brickner * has described a hyperplastic process which differs fromthe ordina
Size: 1360px × 1836px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectobstetrics, bookyear1
