On the causes and treatment of abortion and sterility; being the result of an extended practical inquiry into the physiological and morbid conditions of the uterus, with reference especially to leucorrhoeal affections and the diseases of menstruation / [James Whitehead].

  • Whitehead, James, 1812-1885.
Date:
1847
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Credit: On the causes and treatment of abortion and sterility; being the result of an extended practical inquiry into the physiological and morbid conditions of the uterus, with reference especially to leucorrhoeal affections and the diseases of menstruation / [James Whitehead]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    portion of the peritoneum reflected over the pelvic viscera was deeply injected, thickened, and mottled with a number of red isolated patches. The abdominal cavity contained a quantity of reddish, milky serosity, in which floated a num¬ ber of grey albumen-like shreds. The walls of the uterus were thickened and congested, and its cavity contained a few small light-coloured clots. The right ovary, which was con¬ siderably larger than the left, presented a recent cicatrix, be¬ neath which was a cavity occupied by a clot of blood the size of a large pea. Case XI. Suppression of the Menses; Inordinate Obesity; Partial Paralysis; Recovery. M. T., of the lymphatic-sanguine temperament and stru¬ mous diathesis, began to menstruate about three months before she was sixteen years of age; she continued regular eleven or twelve months; then ceased for two years. During this period, her health did not materially suffer, but she grew immoderately stout and puffy. She was removed to Man¬ chester at the age of nineteen, soon after which, menstruation recommenced, and her health became vigorous : the discharge however, was scanty and of short duration. About six months after her removal, she experienced a sudden attack of illness, accompanied with suppression of the menses, in consequence of exposure to the weather and of neglecting the necessary precaution of changing her dress. During the ensuing night, (Dec. 1, 1844,) she was kept awake by a deep-seated aching of the head, and occasional vomiting, accompanied with sense of numbness extending over the right side of the face and head, and difficulty in opening the right eye. I saw her on the following day, when the whole right half of her face ap¬ peared shrunk, the eye small, the mouth awry, and the tongue, on being protruded, turned to that side. She