Practical manual of diseases of women and uterine therapeutics : for students and practitioners / by H. Macnaughton Jones.

  • Macnaughton-Jones, H. (Henry), 1844-1918.
Date:
1890
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    STERILITY. 7. Ovarian dysmenorrhoea. 8. Membranous dysmenorrhoea. 9. Menorrhagia. 10. Dyspareunia—painful intercourse from any cause. 11. Vaginitis and vaginismus. 12. Gonorrhoea and its consequences. 13. Syphilis (in the sense that it destroys the vitality of the ovum). In the Male* 1. Spermatozoa rendered unhealthy by masturbation, excessive debauchery, and too frequent inter- course. 2. Syphilis. 3. Congenital defects in the testes, or disease and mal- position. 4. Stricture of the urethra, 5. Urethral fistula. 6. Absence of sexual desire and orgasm. The reader will refer to the chapters in which each of the above-mentioned causes of sterility in the woman is discussed.! Only one caution I think it well to give the young practitioner. I would say to him : 1 Do not be led away by the miraculous cures of sterility you hear of, or the occasional success you may yourself meet with in rectifying some obstruction to impregnation, to hurriedly perform operations on the uterus with a view of curing sterility. Bear in mind, in the first place, that failure will attend a large proportion of such operations. The patient should be frankly prepared for this. Eemember also that serious consequences often follow these uterine operations, * See page 5G8. It is very doubtful how far, in a woman capable of procreation, mere contraction of the lumen of the uterine canal is to be regarded as a cause of sterility—probably very seldom. t See especially the chapters bearing on dysmenorrhoea, dilatation of the cervix, stenosis of the cervix, congenital malformations, gonorrhoea, and vaginismus.