— = Se the abdomen, aa passing Det : 
Examination should be made by the physician, as.often a 
other day, to know ‘that it is in its place, and if not, he shoul 
* place it with his finger. All straining or laborious exercise s 
& avoided, a 
After the womb has become diseased or affected with schirrus ae 
scrofula, internal cleansing remedies must be used, and the part — 
should be syringed often with a decoction of camomile, or of bi bitter-— 
sweet, plantain, and spikenard, and such like. These are more | 
‘ticularly necessary, if the womb has become schirrous, or hard. 
inflamed. When it is soft, and the parts greatly relaxed, ’ 
tringents and stimulants should be used for injections, as dire 
the whites. : 
When this disorder is accompanied or caused by general and Hocal ‘ 
debility, the treatment should be the same, mostly, as is directed in _ 
the whites. The “ female syrup” will be found very strengthening, 
and must not be omitted. 
Pessaries of silver, may be sometimes used with advantage insse- 
vere cases of falling of the womb, to keep it up to its place; butit is _ 
much better fo strengthen the vagina and parts with bracing ; Aste 
gent injections, till they gradually acquire sufficient tone to 
their places, than to resort to these. Wooden , ane. ax 
ought never to be inserted. : 
A diseased and morbid condition of the womb may take 
maids who have reached the age of twenty-five or thirty, wilhoutseeiat 
intercourse, from mere inactivity of the womb and parts of genera-_ 
tion, by which its juices spepote and become corrupted. _ The only es 
method of removing this is by creating an action, to effect which, 
marriage would probably be the most adviseable means, when it is 
practicable. : 
GREEN SICKNESS. 4 
. 
_ The green sickness, as it is commonly called, is a diegtpes w that. a 
attacks females generally before puberty, and sometimes { ebe 
no eruption of the menses) long afterwards. It is alee. termed white, 
, and the virgin disease. 
ses.—A deficiency of vital heat, acid in the stomach: visci— cS 
and vitiation of the blood, pining, inactivity, dyspepsia, too pro- 
fuse secretion of the pancreatic juice, deficiency of bile, &e.; ob-. $, 
structions, and st: nation of the Buide. ee 
Symproms.—A sallow, pallid, or livid. sounbenanes : laxity of the. 
muscular fibres, inflated eyelids, swelling of the ancles, and some- 
~.times. of the abdomen ; indolence, aversion from exercise; the 
breathing difficult and panting ; headach, a palpitation of the hear 
Steen stools, sour breath and depraved appetite. 
___ This chronic disorder is sometimes of long continuan: 
any remarkable ill consequences ; sometimes 
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