A treatise on the nervous diseases of women ; comprising an inquiry into the nature, causes, and treatment of spinal and hysterical disorders / By Thomas Laycock, M.D.

  • Laycock, Thomas, 1812-1876.
Date:
1840
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Credit: A treatise on the nervous diseases of women ; comprising an inquiry into the nature, causes, and treatment of spinal and hysterical disorders / By Thomas Laycock, M.D. 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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    CHAPTER III.—The Periodic Movements in the Reproductive Organs of Woman. Section I.—Menstruation in Relation with Periodic Move- ment 44 Various periodic^movements—atmospheric—vital 44 Its phenomena—duration of interval between each period—occurs during pregnancy 45-47 Section II.—The Periods of Utero-gestation in Lower Animals in Relation to the Menstrual Period 47 Incubation defined—tables of periods of utero-gestation and incuba- tion in birds and mammals—periods limited by weeks—expla- nation of exceptions 47-56 Section III.—Periodic Changes in the Developement of Insects IN Relation with the Hebdomadal Period 56 Period of incubation of ova modified by temperature—duration of Jarva and pupa state—moulting of insects 56-59 Section IV.—The Periodic Recurrence of the Heat of Mam- mals IN Relation with the Hebdomadal Period 59 Particular instances enumerated—catamenia in monkeys—rutting of males 59-61 Section V.—The Vernal and Autumnal Changes in Relation with the Reproductive Organs..... 61 a. General Considerations 61 h. Seasonal Breeding of Animals ;—insects—frogs^fishes 62 c. Double Animal Breedinrfmd Sexual \Moidt of Birds ;—particular instances 62 d. Double Annual Migration of Animals, in Relation with the Repro- ductive Organs;—separation of the sexes—state of the ovaria and testes in migrating birds • 63 e. Double Animal Changes in the Cutaneous Products;—the vernal moult of birds—summer moult of young birds—of old birds— autumnal sexual plumage—autumnal moult—seasonal changes in fishes—in mammals—changes in the colour of birds de- pendent sometimes on new feathers, sometimes not—the general fact explained 64-66 /. The Vernal a7id Autumnal Changes in ilfaw;—general considera- tions—influenced ^by diet and habits—seasonal moulting in man—seasonal recurrence of various diseases—seasonal ex- citement of the ovaria and testes in mankind—concluding summary ■ 67-/ U