The London practice of midwifery : including the most important diseases of women and children. Chiefly designed for the use of students and early practitioners / by Geo. Jewel, M.D.

  • Jewel, George, active approximately 1833.
Date:
1833
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Credit: The London practice of midwifery : including the most important diseases of women and children. Chiefly designed for the use of students and early practitioners / by Geo. Jewel, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    produces such an acrid discharge from the nose, as to excoriate the parts over which it passes : an affection of this kind has nothing to do with the venereal desire: yet the itching is so violent, that they will rub till the parts bleed. In such cases, a single bleeding from the arm is useful, and a purge with senna and salts, abstaining from animal food and spices. The bowels afterwards may be kept lax by oily and mild purga- tives, not by the saline medicines. The best local application is the tepid bath, but patients are not satisfied of its efficacy unless it is medicated. If this alone should not be effectual, a part of a wax-bougie may be retained by a proper bandage, so that, by its introduction, the parts may be preserved from the in- creased heat and inflammation that attend their being in contact. This complaint has been confounded with furor uterinus, a disease in which the patient is guilty of every possible indecency. It is, however, in its nature perfectly distinct from it. The excoriation and itching are to be chiefly cured by local means, while Juror uterinus is only remediable by attention to the diet and regimen, or non-naturals, as they have been called; remembering that in this, as in all other spe- cies of madness, the patient is never well until she allows herself to have been mad. [Dr. Dewees has pointed out another cause of the complaint, namely, an apthous efflorescence, covering the internal surface of the labia, and entrance into the vagina ; and for its cure he recommends a strong solution of borax. The usual remedies, however, should not be omitted, such as bleeding, purging, and a low diet. Should the pruritus withstand the judicious appli- cations of the remedies, it may probably be found to