Clinical memoirs on the diseases of women . is sogreat, that it will be necessary at least to describe one case of eachvariety; and I shall begin with those which are the more common,and which are placed at the head of the table above. Case XV.— Venereal excess; pelri-pentonitis jjfteen days aftermenstruation; great relief following the next period; existenceof a tumour for several months, posterior to, and on the rigid of,the uterus. Gradual recovery. L. P., aged 19, was admitted into Lourcine, Jan. 1st, enjoyed good health, though she was said to be 17, menstruation
Clinical memoirs on the diseases of women . is sogreat, that it will be necessary at least to describe one case of eachvariety; and I shall begin with those which are the more common,and which are placed at the head of the table above. Case XV.— Venereal excess; pelri-pentonitis jjfteen days aftermenstruation; great relief following the next period; existenceof a tumour for several months, posterior to, and on the rigid of,the uterus. Gradual recovery. L. P., aged 19, was admitted into Lourcine, Jan. 1st, enjoyed good health, though she was said to be 17, menstruation came on normally, but stopped again forthree months; and, after a second attempt, was again arrested forthree months. After this all was regular again. Pive or six monthsago she was servant in an hotel, and while there had sexual inter-course three or four times every night. Soon she had severe painsin both iliac fossse, with difficult micturition, &c. Por this she wastreated by some one, who said it was due to prolapsus uteri; and. ETIOLOGY. G3 ordered lier rest, absence from iiitcTcoursCj biitlis, and laudanumpoultices. This was continued for a fortnight, after whicli theperiod came on very freely, and gave lier some relief. On the 3rd of January, there was nosign of secondary sypliilitic eru[)ti()n ; Fig. 6. bur an indurated ganglion existed intlic left groin, and some chancrous ul-cerations within the vulva. In the rightcul-de-sac was a rather large swellingin the situation represented in thissketch (Fig. 6 c). It w^as separated fromthe cervix, but apparently united tothe bony wall. The uterus itself was not tender to the touch, but the tumour was; the cervix was smalland latero-llexed. She was ordered sarsaparilla and iodide of mer-cury. By the 1st of February the chancres were healed, and she was somuch improved that she left the Hospital. On the 17th of April she was re-admitted for syphilis ; a suppurat-ing bubo existed, her hair was falling off, and she was generall
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