Dysmenorrhea : its pathology and treatment / by Heywood Smith.

  • Smith, Heywood.
Date:
1881
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Dysmenorrhea : its pathology and treatment / by Heywood Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    O VARIAN D YSMENORRHEA. Congestion. In organs subject to periodic or even irregular functional increase of blood supply, such increased flow takes place in such organs in the healthy- condition without pain or inconvenience to the subject, as, e.g., in the stomach during digestion, or the ovary in menstruation. The organs are so constructed, whether in their substance or stroma, or in the arrangements of their vessels, as to allow for the requisite disten- sion without unduly pressing upon neighbouring parts, or causing disturbance of their nerve supply. But where, from any cause, whether from within or without, the blood supply is either in excess of that for which provision has been made, or the onward flow becomes impeded, so as to throw at one time a greater burden on the organ than it is constructed to bear, inconvenience and (if such