The American family physician : or, Domestic guide to health : for the use of physicians, families, plantations, ships, travelers, etc. . y so acrid as to excoriate theexternal parts. When the discharge is abundant, or of long standing, itoccasions much debility, with a sense of pain and weight in the back andloins, pain in the stomach, colic, impaired or depraved appetite, acid stomach,headache, paleness of the countenance, hollowness of the eyes, chilliness,palpitation of the heart, and great mental depression. If no beneficialmeasures be pursued, the constitution soon becomes impaired and e
The American family physician : or, Domestic guide to health : for the use of physicians, families, plantations, ships, travelers, etc. . y so acrid as to excoriate theexternal parts. When the discharge is abundant, or of long standing, itoccasions much debility, with a sense of pain and weight in the back andloins, pain in the stomach, colic, impaired or depraved appetite, acid stomach,headache, paleness of the countenance, hollowness of the eyes, chilliness,palpitation of the heart, and great mental depression. If no beneficialmeasures be pursued, the constitution soon becomes impaired and exhausted,emaciation ensues, the flesh becomes loose, the pulse small and frequent,the breasts soft, the breath fetid, the eyelids bloated, hysterics are common,and the feet and ankles swell, and are constantly cold. The menstrual dis-charge frequently becomes diminished or suppressed, obstinate constipationis a common symptom, and the urine is generally turbid, flocculent, andscanty. Dropsical swelling of the whole body is often present. Leucorrhea is divided into two varieties, the mucous and the purulent; LEUCOKRHEA: 519 Fig. of the mucous, there are two forms, characterized by the properties of thedischarge, and the^ part from which it is secreted. When the mucous discharge is from the neck of the womb, or its canal,it is a transparent, glairy fluid, of the consistence of the white of egg, hasan alkaline reaction, changing reddened litmus paper to its original blue,communicates no stain, but only a starchy hardness to linen upon which ithas been allowed to dry, has such a slimy, ropy, and tenacious consistence,that it is with great difficulty it can be removed from the neck of the womb,and, examined under the microscope, it is found to contain a large numberof mucus-corpuscles, (see Fig. 18.) This is a common and most obstinateform of leucorrhea. When the mucous discharge is from thevagina, it is of an opaque, whitish charac-ter, of the consistence of cream, has an acid
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