A practical treatise on the diseases peculiar to women : illustrated by cases, derived from hospital and private practice / By Samuel Ashwell.

  • Ashwell, Samuel, 1798-1857.
Date:
1843
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Credit: A practical treatise on the diseases peculiar to women : illustrated by cases, derived from hospital and private practice / By Samuel Ashwell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    such patients, of whom, had I judged from what I heard, I should not have predicted any danger; and jet, on careful inquiry—and, in some instances, at first sight—I have been convinced that the case was all but hopeless. Chlorosis, combined with ame- norrhcea, like other diseases, does not at once as- sume an aggravated form ; the symptoms already described exist frequently for a long period in a moderate degree; and it would be wrong to deny, that there are cases in which, independently of treatment, the mischief gradually passes away. Change of air, a residence in the country, and more natural and out-of-door avocations, seem, by their combined influence, to lead to the development of puberty, and subsequently of menstruation and good health. This however, is not the usual course of events: more frequently after unsuccessful treatment, and peculiarly if there be entire amenorrhcea, some or- gan, the cerebrum, for instance, or the digestive ap- paratus, or the lung, becomes especially deranged ; and the functions, dependent for their natural per- formance on the healthy condition of this structure, are disturbed, and, to a degree, marking the fact, that this is the organ or part peculiarly affected. Complication of chlorosis with a discharge of blood from the stomach by vomiting,—This is not an unusual concomitant of protracted chlorosis and amenorrhcea. In such cases, the treatment may have been partially successful. The nutritious diet, and the tonic remedies, especially if iron has been