Women : their diseases and their treatment / by John King.

  • King, John, 1813-1893.
Date:
1858
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Credit: Women : their diseases and their treatment / by John King. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    in keeping the parts cleanly and preventing any of the discharge from remaining upon the fingers, &c. It would be proper to remark here, that in a few cases I have cured this affection by Chlorate of Potassa, twenty grains, dissolved in water one fluid ounce; giving from one-fourth to one-half, or more, of the solution for a dose, according to the age of the child, and at the same time keeping it constantly applied to the affected parts, by means of lint moistened with it. The dose was repeated three or four times a day, avoiding any purgative effect from the remedy. It might possibly answer in the adult females in somewhat larger doses. INFLAMMATION OF THE VULVA IN ADULTS. Symptoms. The inflammation is more limited than when occurring among children; it may be confined to any one portion of the mucous membrane of the external genitals, or it may affect the whole. The patient complains of heat, and severe pain about the vulva, which are much aggravated on walking, sitting, and contact of the parts with foreign bodies; there is a scalding on passing urine, but rarely any pain, more or less tenesmus, and considerable itching, but the excessive sensitiveness of the parts prevents the patient from rubbing them. There is a transparent mucous discharge, which is some- times mixed with leucorrheal matter. An examination will discover the affected mucous surface red and very sensitive, occasionally extending a short distance within the vagina. In some instances, cream-like exudations will be found upon the mucous surface, somewhat resembling those of aphthae. Rarely, slight excoriations may be observed ; or a few scattered elevations, or small vesicles may be seen, each of which, when broken, give rise to an ulcer. It is seldom that any great amount of swelling will be present; and the severity of the constitutional symptoms will depend upon the extent, activity, and character of the inflammation. The inflammation may extend into the deep-seated structures, and give rise to abscesses; but this is not usual. Causes. When the sebaceous secretions of the mucous follicles are allowed to collect and become hard and rancid, they