A treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of women, with their homopathic treatment .. . nation would not reveal any considerable heat or tenderness 184 EATON ON DISEASES OF WOMEN. ordinarily, unless hard pressure was made (which wouldproduce some pain in case of the fissured ulceration of lacer-ation before mentioned, where the lacerations had not healed),or in case the ulceration had resulted from scarifications orsingle incision, where we would have the smaller chancre does not differ, when seated in this locality,from its appearance when situated on other mucous surfaces.
A treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of women, with their homopathic treatment .. . nation would not reveal any considerable heat or tenderness 184 EATON ON DISEASES OF WOMEN. ordinarily, unless hard pressure was made (which wouldproduce some pain in case of the fissured ulceration of lacer-ation before mentioned, where the lacerations had not healed),or in case the ulceration had resulted from scarifications orsingle incision, where we would have the smaller chancre does not differ, when seated in this locality,from its appearance when situated on other mucous differential diagnosis regarding cancerous ulceration, seeCancer of the Uterus. Occasionally we may find a true ulcer of the os, exca-vated, discharging pus, the margin blanched or white, thecenter red, and showing small granulations after we wipeaway the pus. I Avill suggest that we have always at hand adossil of lint or cotton or soft sponge, and a pair of longdressing forceps, with which to wipe away any secretionswhich may cover the os; otherwise we may be sadly misledin Fig. No. 19.—Uterine Dressing Forcers. The red spot may be only a few drops of blood which hasjust passed out of the os, surrounded with some mucus ad-hering to the neck of the womb, simulating an ulcer some-what. Still we may not be misled if we recollect that, in thecase of the true ulcer, we would have pus covering this redcenter, unless we had previously wiped it away; and again,in the true ulcer, we have the depressed center, with irregularwhite border, which can not be wiped away. Surroundingthis whitish margin we may have the mucous membrane con-siderably inflamed and quite red. Especially is this so, if it iscaused from the wearing of a hard pessary. ULCERATION OF THE OS UTERI. 185 Treatment. True ulceration, I believe, will seldom be found in therobust patient; and, when we find it, we will have need torecollect that good nourishment is a desideratum. Remediescalculated to build u
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