On dysmenorrhoea and other uterine affections in connection with derangement of the assimilating functions.

  • Rigby, Edward, 1804-1860.
Date:
1844
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Credit: On dysmenorrhoea and other uterine affections in connection with derangement of the assimilating functions. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    other derangements of the circulating system this func- tion may be occasionally as unduly active as in other cases it is deficient. In considering the treatment of these affections my object is not to point out new remedies, but to call the attention of the practitioner to the peculiar condition of the system on which they depend, and thus furnish sure and stable data on which to found his indications and course of treatment. It is of great importance that he should possess fixed and certain principles for his guid- ance in these cases, because, as the local affections arc little more than part of a general diathesis, little perma- nent lelief can be obtained for the one, unless an effectual impression be made upon the other; and, as in most in- stances, this must be a process requiring more or less time to effect, it is highly necessary that he should be able to undeistand the nature of the different symptoms and phenomena which present themselves, and refer them to theii tiue causes, and thus afford him sufficient con- fidence in the plan of treatment he has adopted, in order to cany it out with patience and perseverance. One source of difficulty in treating these diseases is the want of sufficient patience in giving the treatment, which is indicated, a fair trial. A valuable remedy is but too often condemned and abandoned, because after