Therapeutic drainage in one hundred and eighty-five cases of uterine obstruction : presenting a new fenestrated rubber uterine drain / by A. Ernest Gallant.

  • Gallant, A. Ernest (Albert Ernest), 1861-
Date:
1910
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Credit: Therapeutic drainage in one hundred and eighty-five cases of uterine obstruction : presenting a new fenestrated rubber uterine drain / by A. Ernest Gallant. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ante- Retro- flexion flexion Fixa- Retro- Cervix. Body. tion. version. Totals. Dysmenorrhea—Before. 13 1 5 7 26 times During. 23 3 9 16 51 times After.. 2067 15 times Menorrhagia 12 0 6 7 25 times Metrorrhagia 3 o 2 5 10 times Totals 53 4 28 42 127 times Inter menstrual Obstruction.—While we all agree as to the importance and desirability of facilitating women in their laudable desire to become mothers, and are ready to execute measures for the regula- tion of menstrual irregularities and excesses, but too few seem to realize the great detriment to girls and women of the tortures of dysmenorrhea and the dangers of intermenstrual obstruction. Physically what can be more distressing to the young girl whose first menstruation is announced by severe abdominal cramps, with loss of blood, especially when she is taught to look forward to its regular recurrence, as to a horrible nightmare, a part of the “curse” which each woman must bear, and from which she can obtain relief only by viola- tion at the hands of the surgeon. Psychologically she is of times undone, her mind being unduly cen- tered on her sexual apparatus, curiosity leads to palpation, tittilation, masturbation, and may end in ruination. For the obstructed uterus there is no rest, during the whole twenty-four hours of the three weeks, more or less, of the intermenstrual period. After menstruation ceases the uterus remains congested, an excess of mucus is secreted, accumulates in the uterus and must be expelled by frequently repeated contractions, bringing about muscular hypertrophy, thickening of the walls, and a dilated cavity. The