On diseases peculiar to women : including displacements of the uterus / By Hugh L. Hodge.

  • Hodge, Hugh L. (Hugh Lenox), 1796-1873.
Date:
1860
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Credit: On diseases peculiar to women : including displacements of the uterus / By Hugh L. Hodge. 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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    CONTENTS. Dedication Pkeface Letter to Dr. Meigs page iii v vii PART I. DISEASES OF IRRITATION. CHAPTER I. NERVOUS IRRITATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. Definitions and illustrations . 19 Irritability .... 20 Organic and nervous irritation 25 Congestion 26 Passive . 26 Active . 27 Inflammatory or organic 27 Simple or nervous . 27 Neuralgia .... 34 Vital power 38 Anaemia . 44 General conclusions 45 CHAPTER II. IRRITABLE UTERUS. Definition . Opinions of pathologists . Supposed difficulty of treatment . Neuralgia, hysteralgia, &c. Irritable diseases really physical ailments All pain is nervous irritation 48 49 50 50 51 53