. An American text-book of obstetrics. For practitioners and students. hese conditions will cause aburning pain during urination or will lead to retention of urine on account ofthe accompanying swelling. These injuries do not, as a rule, cause muchhemorrhage, but at times they will do so, especially if one of the convolutionsof blood-vessels known as the bulbs of the vestibule is involved. Treatment.—Superficial tears of the mucous membrane of the vulva willheal without much treatment. They should be kept clean and may be dustedwith iodoform. All deeper lacerations and those followed by hemorr
. An American text-book of obstetrics. For practitioners and students. hese conditions will cause aburning pain during urination or will lead to retention of urine on account ofthe accompanying swelling. These injuries do not, as a rule, cause muchhemorrhage, but at times they will do so, especially if one of the convolutionsof blood-vessels known as the bulbs of the vestibule is involved. Treatment.—Superficial tears of the mucous membrane of the vulva willheal without much treatment. They should be kept clean and may be dustedwith iodoform. All deeper lacerations and those followed by hemorrhage arebest closed by fine silk sutures. Union by first intention takes place almostinvariably, and the stitches may be removed on the fourth or the fifth there is retention of urine it may become necessary to use the catheter * The superior figures () occurring throughout the text of this section refer to the bibliog-raphy given on page 804. PATHOLOGY OF THE PUERPERIUM. 673 until the swelling has subsided. Often, however, the patient will be enabled A B. V/tGfMLJiTL/R,
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