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Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopathy"Page 64 of 653by hoTnoeopathie physicians for prolapsus uteri, a very fine casewhich is reported by Dr. Geo. S. Foster of Meadville, Pa., in HalNew Remedies. It was a case of prolapsus with ulceration of nineyears* standing, and was cured perfectly by means of Helonin, afta number of other remedies had been used either without, or withonly partial succlss. Congestive symptoms are prominently presentin uterine diseases where Helonias is used, in amenorrhcea, menorrhagia, prolapsus, etc.Senecio aureus, life-root, is possessed of fine curative powers ipainful menstruation when the menses occur prematurely and arevery profuse ; the patient suflfers greatly with violent uterineat the time of the menses. "We recommend comparatively largedoses during the attack. EL]6. Metrorrhagia*Uterine Semorrhage.We deem it unnecessary to justify the distinction we have drawnbetween menorrhagia and metrorrhagia ; both difier in their essential characteristics. When speaking of the treatment, we have included among the remedies for ordinary metrorrhagia those thatrefer more specially to metrorrhagia during confinement as well aduring pregnancy.An hemorrhage from the unimpregnated uterus is mostly due tothe same causes as menorrhagia. Every circumstance that haspower to determine an excessive flow of blood to the uterus, maybecome the cause of metrorrhagia. It may likewise occur in consequence of a number of pathological alterations of the uterine sstance and of adventitious growths in the uterine cavity. Hemorrhages of this kind are so common that every loss of blood whichcannot be attributed to the menses, ought to excite a suspicion tit is owing to the presence of material lesions. Metrorrhagia occurs most frequently at the critical age, when it is difiicult totinguish between menorrhagia and Metrorrha^a.Metrorrhagia is generally preceded by preliminary symptoms oflonger or shorter duration, indicating for the most part a violentermination of blood to the pelvic organs, such as: a painful draand pressing in the small of the back towards the sexual organs athighs, sensation of heaviness and fulness, of increased warmth athrobbing in the pelvis, also colicky pains ; frequent desire tourine ; titillation and burning in the sexual organs, accompaniedchilliness, heat ; an accelerated, soft pulse, sometimes with a dMetrorrhagia. 67beat (pulsus dicrotus), palpitation of the heart, swelling and seness of the breasts, leucorrhoea, etc. These symptoms are particuprominent during metrorrhagia at the critical age. The hemorrhageitself often sets in with chilliness, paleness of the face, coldnthe extremities, sometimes without any special phenomena; sometimes it is a mere dribbling of blood, at other times large quantof an usually dark, black blood are.poured out periodically, whicreadily coagulates on account of the fibrin it contains, and formhttp://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt