A manual of gynaecological practice for students and practitioners / by A. Duhrssen ; translated and edited from the 4th German edition by John W. Taylor and Frederick Edge.

Date:
1895
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    A MANUAL OF GYN/ECOLOGICAL PRACTICE INTRODUCTION On Gynaecological Case-taking. This is rccjuired to establish the following points;— 1. History.—Age : whether married or not: occupa- tion ; whether patient has had any family 1 and whether the children live, and how many ? whether there have been miscarriages—how many of these ? whether after these any illness followed ? 2. Condition of Menstruation.—Amount and dura- tion of How, as well as duration of the interval; kind of bleeding (whether the blood is fluid or clotted); pains connected with menstruation, the time of their onset, and character j dates of first menstruation (puberty) and cessation of menstruation (menopause); variation of men- struation after marriage, after-births or abortions. Exact date of cessation of the last menstruation. 3. Existence of Discharge.—Duration, amount and consistence. On the two last points the statements of the patient are usually so vague that one only gains certain information by examination. B