Report of the committee on obstetrics of the American Medical Association : read May 1851 / by D. Humphreys Storer.

  • Storer, David Humphreys, 1804-1891.
Date:
1851
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Credit: Report of the committee on obstetrics of the American Medical Association : read May 1851 / by D. Humphreys Storer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following are the questions, relative to the system of genera- tion, submitted by Dr. Tilt:— MENSTRUATION. I. What is the average of first menstruation in the four distinct classes of women which constitute your female population ? I. Women of European origin. 2. Negro women. 3. Native Indian women. 4. Mulatto women. Can you favour me with tables, showing the ages at which a certain number of each of the four classes first menstruated ? II. Are the phenomena of menstruation in each of the four classes attended by the same irregularities as in England? III. Is dysmenorrhoea, in each of the four classes, as frequent, and what cause can be assigned for it? IV. Is suppression, in each of the four classes, as frequent, and what cause can be assigned for it? V. Is menorrhagia, in each of the four classes, as frequent, and what cause can be assigned for it? VI. Is leucorrhoea, in each of the four classes, as frequent, and what cause can be assigned for it ? PARTURITION. I. At what age do the native, negro, or mulatto women marry and bear children? II. At what age do they cease child-bearing ? III. What number of children do they usually bear ? IV. Is sterility frequent among your four classes of women, and what causes can be assigned for it? V. Is parturition attended by equal dangers amongst the negroes, mulattoes, or natives, or is it amongst the women of European ori- gin, and what are the accidents by which it is most frequently attended ? VI. How soon do the women of each of the four classes rise after parturition? VII. Is puerperal fever known amongst the negroes, natives, or mulattoes ? VIII. Is puerperal insanity known amongst them? IX. How long do the negro, mulatto, and native Indian women suckle ?