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Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopathy"Page 81 of 653Nor do we see upon what grounds many other remedies havebeen recommended for carcinoma uteri, Thuya occidentalis for instance, which is recommended simply on account of the wartexcrescences, or lodium^ Carbo aniinali3y Aurum^ SiliceUy Sabina^Sepia may perhaps do some good in this disease.If we expect these medicines will modify the morbid process tosome extent, we shall soon find that their influence is uncertainquestionable. For the hemorrhage which is one of the most dangerous incidental symptoms of uterine cancer, we refer to the remdies that have been recommended for menorrhagia and metrorrhagia.The conduct of the patients, outside of the use of medicines, isof the utmost importance. Their anaemic appearance renders ahighly nutritious diet indispensable, perfect cleanliness is likeneedful to their comfort ; nor should injections of water into thvagina ever be omitted. [The use of disinfectants in this diseaseindispensable ; one of the best disinfecting agents is the Permannate of Potassa to which attention has already been called whenspeaking of stomatitis and scurvy of the gums. BL]Various Morbid Conditions in the Sexual System. 878. Tarious Morbid Conditions In tbe Sexual System of tlieFemale.Climaxis, Critical Age^ Change of Life. The phy Biological involution of the uterus or the cessation of the faculty of conceivingattended in almost every woman with more or less marked derangements which, however, cannot be regarded as morbid conditions anymore than the ailments announcing or accompanying the appearanceof the menses. If the derangements alluded to are disproportionately severe and troublesome, we have of course to regard them asmorbid afiections requiring medicinal aid. A common complaintat the critical age is the flooding. L^efore interfering medicinait is always best to first inquire whether it is a disease. Thistion is best determined by the general health of the patient ; ifis not impaired by the flooding, medical treatment is not calledWe often see robust women lose a quantity of blood at intervals osix to sixteen weeks and longer, but instead of being made sick bsuch losses, they get, on the contrary, rid of all sorts of congesymptoms by which they had been tormented heretofore. Otherwomen, on the contrary, after such flooding exhibit signs of extrdebility and anaemia, which shows that the loss of blood is not anormal physiological phenomenon. The loss of blood may alwaysbe said to be abnormal if it occurs more frequently than the mensThe proper remedies are pointed out in the chapters oiT MenstrualIrregularities and Metrorrhagia.Other abnormal conditions may arise from the disturbances causedby stasis of the blood. As a matter of course, the organism, aftethe naturul cessation of the menstrual flow, has gradually to resthe equilibrium of the circulation, and we seldom meet with awoman in whom this restoration takes -place without any signs ofhttp://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt