On some disorders of nutrition related with affections of the nervous system (neurotic dystrophies) / by William M. Ord.

  • Ord, William M. (William Miller), 1834-1902.
Date:
1885
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Credit: On some disorders of nutrition related with affections of the nervous system (neurotic dystrophies) / by William M. Ord. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    nodes during the period of regular menstruation. Of these, two appeared to be between thirty and forty years of age; the third had suffered twelve abortions. In all, the fingers were chiefly affected. Haygarth separated this affection as nodosity of joints from rheumatic gout — a term already in use when he wrote ; and he considered it to be chiefly a disease of the middle and higher classes. Curiously enough, when I analysed my note-book, I found records of just the same number, of cases—not of nodosity of joints simply, but of rheumatic arthritis, combined with decided symptoms of uterine disorder or irritation. I ex- cluded from the list cases in which there was evidence of uratic deposits, and cases in which no known uterine com- plication existed, though both classes demanded separate attention, as forming chapters of the history of arthritis. Of the thirty-three, twenty-six belonged to the middie and upper classes, mostly to the former, the remaining seven to the poorer classes; seventeen were unmarried, thirteen were married, and three were widows. As regards age, ten were between 20 and 30 years ; eleven were between 30 and 40; nine were between 40 and 50 ; and three were between 50 and 60. The indications of ovario-uterine complication in the several cases comprehended, marked irregularity of cata- menia in two ; catamenial flow simply in excess, in one ; catamenial flow very scanty in one; catamenia irregular, with excess, in two ; catamenia recently disappeared, in four; catamenia recently reappeared after apparent cessa- tion, the reappearance coinciding with arthritic attack, in two ; dysmenorrhcea, with excess, in eight; dysmenorrhcea, with deficiency, in four ; constitutional symptoms of climac- teric present in two ; fibroid of the uterus, with menorrhagia, but not dysmenorrhcea, in one ; catamenia regular, relieving