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DISEASES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM. 429
and low spirits ; weakness of the knees; general ex
haustion. These sometimes confine the patient entirely,
and/always greatly interfere with her usefulness and
enjoyments.
Prolapsus may be accompanied by anteversion, a
turning forward, and more rarely retroversion, or a
backward of the uterus. The latter sometimes
turning
when the
takes place at an early stage of pregnancy,
mouth of the uterus presses against the neck of the
bladder, while the fundus, or large part, rests against
the rectum, and is pressed down by the fceces. In this
case the patient must have immediate relief, by draw
ing off the water in the bladder, and moving the bowels,
when the organ will usually assume its right position.
If not, it may be placed right by careful manipulation.
As all we displacements depend upon prolapsus, have
only to cure the latter difficulty.
The general treatment for this disease is that which
belongs to dyspepsia, or its other complications. It is
to be especially invigorating. The local treatment con
sists of frequent sitz-baths, the frequent
use of the va
gina syringe, injections twice a day to the rectum, and
a wet bandage of two thicknesses, drawn close around
the hips, and pinned so as to support the abdomen.
and should be worn con
This is the best of supporters,
stantly, and renewed as often as it is or dry uncomfort
able. This course, with full morning baths, dripping
sheets, wet-sheet packs, and a diet more or less strict,
according to the degree of dyspepsia, but always simple
and exclusively vegetable, will cure.
In many cases, animal food, iu small quantities, has a
direct effect in aggravating uterine diseases.