The hydropathic treatment of diseases peculiar to women; and of women in childbed; with some observations on the management of infants / [Edward Johnson].

  • Johnson, Edward, 1785-1862
Date:
1850
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Credit: The hydropathic treatment of diseases peculiar to women; and of women in childbed; with some observations on the management of infants / [Edward Johnson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    repressed and pent up—thrown back to lie like dead weights upon the springs of life. To these must be added the confined and vitiated atmosphere of towns, with all their artificial and unwholesome habits, manners, pursuits, late hours, and amusements. A scrofulous delicacy of constitution is a fre-— quent cause; and.sometimes profuse leucorrhwa (commonly called whites) will become a cause of retention by its weakening influence on the general health. A too rapid growth will also, not. infrequently, so exhaust the energies of the system.as to weaken its development, and retard the advent of puberty. Various diseases, as fevers, &c.. succeeded by. a slow, protracted convalescence, will sometimes produce the same enfeebling effects. In a word, whatever. debilitates. the system may protract the development of puberty, and delay the appearance of menstruation at the usual period. The retention I..mean, is, that which. occurs when the age of puberty has arrived, but.when pu- berty itself has not arrived. The sions, moral and physical, which denote its presence, are wanting.