A treatise on inflammatory disease of the uterus, and its appendages, and on ulceration and enlargement of the neck of the uterus : in which the morbid uterine manifestations and functional derangements are explained and illustrated / by E. Small.

  • Small, E.
Date:
1856
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Credit: A treatise on inflammatory disease of the uterus, and its appendages, and on ulceration and enlargement of the neck of the uterus : in which the morbid uterine manifestations and functional derangements are explained and illustrated / by E. Small. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    ulceration of the cervix uteri, indicate impaired activity of the functions of organic life. Digestion.—That there is an intimate ner- vous connexion and sympathy existing between the Uterus and the stomach, is a fact pretty generally known. The sickness which often exists during the first months of pregnancy is a familiar illustration of it. Hence we cannot be surprised to find that the sympathetic reaction of inflammatory dis- ease of the Uterus upon the functions of diges- tion, are the most common, marked and impor- tant, of any we have to examine. It must not be supposed, however, that the same amount and intensity of Uterine disease will derange the digestive functions alike, or to the same extent in all individuals. The natu- ral strength and firmness of constitution of some females enables them to withstand the reaction of Uterine disease upon the digestive functions, for some length of time, while in others of less strength and weaker constitution, it is soon weakened, and in a majority of cases, gradually becomes more and more disordered, a host of morbid symptoms supervening. In some cases the dyspeptic symptoms become so