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Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopathy"Page 67 of 653and deprived of its branches. As regards Secale cornutum, weknow from the history of epidemic ergotism that the women whowere attacked by this disease, generally miscarried. In conclusiowe have to observe that a woman who miscarries once, retains adisposition to miscarry a second time, and that this second miscariage is apt to take place at the same period as the former. Thusit may happen that women miscarry nine or ten times in successionnotwithstanding they had given birth to healthy children heretofore. It almost seems as though the uterus, after the normal funo70 Diseases of the Female Sexual Organs,tion of impregnation has once been interfered with, loees its capto again successfully engage in the process of utero-gestation.Symptoms and Course. We have to examine these pointsmore fully, because upon their correct knowledge and appreciationdepends the possibility of preserving the lives of both mother anchild.In the first three months, hemorrhage is generally the first symptom of incipient miscarriage. As a rule, the hemorrhage at onceassumes the form of metrorrhagia, even if the woman had beenotherwise perfectly healthy, especially if violent external impresions were, the cause of the accident. A mere dribbling of bloodthis time is of much less frequent occurrence. At first the patiedoes not complain of any pain ; after a short lapse of time, it sin very gradually as a dull pain, and increases until it finallysumes the character of real labor-pains ; this is likewise substatiated by the circumstance that, during the paroxysms of pain, thblood is expelled in larger quantity. These phenomena are mistaken by inexperienced women, if they are otherwise afflicted witdifficult and profuse menstruation, for a return of the menses.In the subsequent stages of pregnancy, metrorrhagia only takesplace exceptionally, without a preliminary stage which is determined by the entrance of blood into the uterus whose mouth stillremains closed ; or by the premature contractions of this organ,by the death of the foetus.In the first of these three cases, the patients complain of a dulpain in the pelvis which extends to the back and is increased bymotion, by voiding the urine or by evacuating the bowels. Thesymptoms are frequently associated with slight febrile motions,diarrhoea with tenesmus, urinary difficulties. All these phenomenrarely precede the hemorrhage longer than five days. It commenceswith distinct labor-pains.The premature contractions of the uterus may be allied to thecongestive phenomena just described, but they likewise occur asprimary symptoms. In such a case the patient experiences a peculiar drawing pain from the uterus across the abdomen, and spreading with peculiar violence to the small of the back, at first intmitting for hours, and finally only for a few minutes. The generaorganism does not seem to be affected by this pain. Sometimes thepains intermit even for days ; nevertheless, they return again. Tmore continuous and more violent the pains, the more certainly anthe sooner the hemorrhage will occur.http://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt