Observations on the utility and administration of purgative medicines in several diseases / [James Hamilton].

  • Hamilton, James, 1749-1835
Date:
1815
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Credit: Observations on the utility and administration of purgative medicines in several diseases / [James Hamilton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The assumption, that the state of the ovaria, and that of the uterine vessels* have a connexion ; and that the former has a great share in exciting the action of the latter, and in producing the menstrual flux $ the presumption, that a certain state of the genitals is necessary to give tone and tension to the whole system, and that, if the stimulus arising from this state be wanting, the Whole system may fall into a torpid, or flaccid State, whence chlorosis may arise ; appear to be merely a begging of the question, and lead to no certain conclusion, as to the nature or cause of this state of the genitals, the supposed prime mover in the retention of the menses, and in the introduction of chlorosis ; or to a knowledge of the means of curing either* ' if yt ) . > ' TV-* < ' . ' • \ .4 * c t. . i 1 . >. ‘ -. 1 The partial and temporary suspension of the influence of the genitals, according to this theory, greatly affects the general system. But there are instances where this influence is altogether and irretrievably lost; arid where no disease ensues. 'Castrated and spayed animals suffer certain changes of constitution, but they retain the en- joyment of perfect health. And, in our own spe- cies, eunuchs, however much degraded in the