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Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopathy"Page 83 of 653Vanous Morbid Conditions in the Sexual System. 89more or les8 acute diseases of the sexual organs, likewise at thecommencement of pregnancy, both among young women as well asamong those who are of a more advanced age ; very commonly itprecedes the appearance of the menses for a few days. Under suchcircumstances the trouble is not so very distressing, and does norequire any special treatment. The real pruritus is generally metwith among older females shortly before and after the critical cesation of the menses, more especially if they are unmarried. Intheir case the itching is horrid, deprives them of sleep and causvariety of nervous ailments ; yet an inspection does not reveal aabnormal symptoms, except perhaps a greater dryness of the vaginamucous membrane. The trouble often continues unceasingly formouths. Most commonly, however, such individuals are aftectedwith hemorrhoidal swellings, and the idea suggests itself that thitching may perhaps be caused by an engorged condition of the veiin the vagina. Among the remedies for this inconvenience Caladiunseguinum is the most certain and efficacious, as we are able to afrom personal experience. Moreover, we may derive benefit fromConium maculatunij Lycopodium^ Platina and Sepia, [If the partsare very much swollen and engorged with blood, and the itchingand burning are very great, we have have given with perfect relieAcomte and Belladonna in alternation ; sometimes we have derivedbenefit from the external use of Uamarnelis, If an inspection thra glass reveals the presence of a fine fungoid herpes on the partwe use a weak solution of the Sulphite of Soda as an external application. One of Dr. Dewce's favorite local applications was asolution of Biborate of Soda, Injections of dilute cideralso resorted to. H.]iNeura/gia of the Uterus. Although this affection has been variously alluded to in the different chapters on menstrual irregularties, yet we deem it useful and expedient to transfer the followimore compact picture of this disease from Kafka to our pages:Neuralgia of the uterus consists in a variety of painful sensatioin the uterus, previous to, or at the commencement or during thecourse of the catamenial discharge.As long as these pains are not excessive, we designate this condition as painful or difficult menstruation. If the pains reach a hdegree of intensity, they become colicky, and we describe them asmenstrual colic.K these pains appear between the menstrual periods, they constitute a peculiar form of uterine neuralgia which we shall discupresently.90 Diseases of the Female Sexual Organs.Pains in the uterus before or during the menses attack moreespecially individuals of sensitive or very irritable dispositionas well as women whose uterus had become very irritable partlythrough psychical and partly through external causes. Amoroaahttp://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt