Anomalies and curiosities of medicine : being an encyclopedic collection of rare and extraordinary cases, and of the most striking instances of abnormality in all branches of medicine and surgery, derived from an exhaustive research of medical literature from its origin to the present day / abstracted, classified, annotated, and indexed, by George M. Gould and Walter L. Pyle ; with 295 illustrations in the text, and 12 half-tone and colored plates.

  • Gould, George M. (George Milbry), 1848-1922.
Date:
1898, ©1896
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Credit: Anomalies and curiosities of medicine : being an encyclopedic collection of rare and extraordinary cases, and of the most striking instances of abnormality in all branches of medicine and surgery, derived from an exhaustive research of medical literature from its origin to the present day / abstracted, classified, annotated, and indexed, by George M. Gould and Walter L. Pyle ; with 295 illustrations in the text, and 12 half-tone and colored plates. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    of the lips in a girl of fourteen ; the hemorrhage was periodical and could not be checked. At the advent of each menstrual period the lips became much congested, and the recently-healed menstrual scars burst open anew. Knaggs a relates an interesting account of a sequel to an operation for ovarian disease. Following the operation, there was a regular, painless menstruation every month, at which time the lower part of the wound re- opened, and blood issued forth during the three days of the catamenia. McGraw b illustrates vicarious menstruation by an example, the discharge issuing from an ovariotomy-scar, and Hooper c cites an instance in which the vicarious function was performed by a sloughing ulcer. Buchanand and Simpson e describe amenorrheal ulcers. Dupuytrenf speaks of denuda- tion of the skin from a burn, with the subsequent development of vicarious catamenia from the seat of the injury. There are cases on record in which the menstruation occurs by the rectum or the urinary tract. Barbee g illustrates this by a case in which cholera morbus occurred monthly in lieu of the regular menstrual discharge. Barretth speaks of a case of vicarious menstruation by the rectum. Ast- bury 318 says he has seen a case of menstruation by the hemorrhoidal vessels, and instances of relief from plethora by vicarious menstruation in this manner are quite common. Rosenbladt691 cites an instance of menstruation by the bladder, and Salmuth1 speaks of a pregnant woman who had her monthly flow by the urinary tract. Ford •> illustrates this anomaly by the case of a woman of thirty-two, who began normal menstruation at four- teen ; for quite a period she had vicarious menstruation from the urinary tract, which ceased after the birth of her last child. The coexistence of a floating kidney in this case may have been responsible for this hemorrhage, and in reading reports of so-called menstruation due consideration must be given to the existence of any other than menstrual derangement before we can accept the cases as true vicarious hemorrhage. Tarnier cites an instance of a girl without a uterus, in whom menstruation proceeded from the vagina. Zacutus Lusitanus k relates the history of a case of uterine occlusion, with the flow from the lips of the cervix. There is mentioned an instance of menstruation from the labia. The occurrence of menstruation after removal of the uterus or ovaries is frequently reported. Storer,1 Clay,m Tait,n and the British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review ° report cases in which menstruation took place with neither uterus nor ovary. Doubtless many authentic instances like the preceding could be found to-day. Menstruation after :i 310, 1873. b 125, 1884, 912-914. 0547, 1882-3. d 331, 1879. e Month. Jour. Med. Sci., Lond., 1855, xx., 347. f 363, 1828, i., 85. S 511, 1840. b.809, 18^5. i 706, cent, iii., obs. 36. J 125, vol. xxii., 154. k 831, L. ix., obs. 4. 1 476, 1866, ii., 471. '476, 1880, i., 15. n 548, 1884, i., 662. 0 22, 1873, i., 296.