The principles and practice of obstetrics / by Gunning S. Bedford.

  • Bedford, Gunning S., 1806-1870.
Date:
1863[©1861]
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    LECTURE XIII. Retention of the Menses, with Hsematemesis, in a Girl, seventeen Years of age.— Vicarious Menstruation.—Threatened Paralysis of the Lower Extremities in a married Woman, aged twenty-one Years, from Defective Menstruation.—Abdom- ino-rectal Hernia in a married Woman, aged twenty Years, confined six Months Bince with Twins.—Ulcerative Stomatitis, and Diarrhoea from Teething, in an In- fant, eight Months old.—The Mortality of Infancy, is it from Necessity or from Neglect ?—Sub-Mucous Fibrous Tumor of the Uterus in a married Woman, twenty- three Years of age, with Suppression of the Menses for the last twenty-two Months.—Ovarian Tumor in a married Woman, aged twenty-two Years, projecting into the Triangular Fossa between the Uterus and Rectum—Diagnosis between this Form of Tumor and Retro-version of the Fundus Uteri—Introduction of the Uterine Sound ' 20C LECTURE XIV. Puberty in the Female ; its Signs; Changes, Physical and Moral, in the young Girl. —Menstruation, when does it Commence?—Its Causes, Symptoms, and Periodicity —What is the Source of the Menstrual Blood?—Menstruation essential to Health, but not to Life.—Meteorism, with Globus Hystericus, in a young Girl, aged eighteen Years, the result cf Hysteria.—Suppression of the Menses for the last six Months from Fright.—Five successive Miscarriages in a married Woman, aged twenty-five Years—Treatment of Miscarriage. .228 LECTURE XV. Imperforate Os Tinea? in an unmarried Girl, aged twenty-two Years—Retention of the Menses—Perforation of the Os TincaJ, and Evacuation of the Menstrual Blood. —Retention of the Menses, from Imperforate Os Tinea?, in a married Woman, aged twenty-seven Years, mistaken for Pregnancy.—Vaginal-Hysterotomy in a married Woman, the Mother of two Children, from Criminal Attempts at Abortion, by Madam Restell—Safety to both Mother and Child.—Contrestive Dysmenorrhcea in a Girl, eighteen years of age—Spirits of Mindererus.—Pregnancy complicated with Ovarian Dropsy in a married Woman, aged twenty-two Years.—Case of a Patient Tapped three times for Encysted Dropsy during Gestation 248 LECTURE XVI. Introductory Remarks.—Undue Lactation in a married Woman, thirty-two Years of age.—Anaemia.—Paraplegia in a Child, twelve Months old, from Intestinal Irrita- tion.—Procidentia of the Womb in a married Woman, aged fifty-five Years, nine } i ars standing, with Venereal Ulcerations on both sides of the Organ.—Profuse Menstruation in a young Woman, twenty-two years of age, from Grief.—Incontin- ence of Urine in a married Woman, eighteen Years of age, from Paralysis of the Neck of the Bladder.—Falling of the Bladder in a married Woman, aged twenty- five Years, mistaken for Falling of the Womb.—Palpitation of the Heart, from Dyspepsia, hi a married Woman, aged thirty-two years.—Encysted Tumor in the PoMeri-.r Wall of the Vagina in a married Woman, twenty-three Years of age. 2W LECTURE XVII. The Diseases of Infancy, their Importance and Fatality—Is this Fatality unavoid- able?—Peculiarities, Anatomical and Physiological of the Infant.—Vomiting in an