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Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopathy"Page 49 of 653that the blood-vessels become ruptured and a more or less conside48 Diseases of the Female Sexual Organs.able discharge of blood takes place accompanied by a sometimeflmore extensive and at other times more local detachment of theepithelial lining of the sexual organs. While the discharge of bllasts, the matured ovulum enters the Fallopian tubes, which rendeits fecondation possible. A discharge of blood need not necessariaccompany the passage of the ovule into the tubes ; otherwise howcould a woman who is nursing her baby and does not see the leastsign of a menstrual show, conceive again at such a time ? Thatthis happens, is a fact established beyond the possibility of a dAccording to circumstances the menses appear at times sooner,and at other times later. They are influenced by climate; thepearer to theequator,the sooner the menstrual period appears; theare likewise influenced by the mode of living : in cities the menappear sooner than among country-girls; by the mental capacities:the more advanced the mental development, the earlier the menstrual functions make their appearance. The constitution exertsno particular influence; very robust girls sometimes menstruatevery late, whereas feeble ones often menstruate prematurely. According to the^e circumstances the menses may set in between theages of 10 and 20 years ; in our climate they appear in cities between the ages of 14 and 16, and in the country between the agesof 16 and 20 years.rhe quantity of the menstrual blood is likewise variable and cannot be determined a priori ; stout women sometimes lose a smallquantity of blood, whereas feeble and spare-built women lose a grdeal. The quantity is from two to eight ounces.Nor is the duration of the menstrual flow the same in all cases.It generally averages five days, but, without being considered abnormal, may last only two, or may be extended to eight or ninedays. Sometimes the bleeding stops for a short time and then reappears again.The periodicity of the bleeding likewise varies. By far in themajority of cases it returns again every 28th day. In many casesthere is an interval of four weeks between the periods ; in a fewcases we notice an interval of 21 to 80 days. Four weeks may beconsidered the normal length of the interval between each twosuccessive turns.The influence of the menses upon the general health is sometimesconsiderable and at other times none at all. We notice hypersemiaof the vagina and of the external pudendum, sometimes with increased secretion of mucus ; tumefaction of the breasts with painMenstrual Anomalies, 49knotty swelling of single galactiferous ducts. During the menstruflow the nervous system is much more sensitive and excitable,w- hence the following phenomena: chilliness alternating with flahttp://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt