590 PLAIN PACTS FOR OLD AND YOUNG 



flannel, to prevent evaporation. Remove in the morn- 

 ing, and take a cold towel bath, followed by vigorous 

 rubbing. Rej)lace the moist bandage worn during the 

 night by a dry flannel bandage to be worn during the 

 day. These simple measures, if faithfully followed, 

 will be found effective in a very large proportion of 

 cases of this kind. 



The prolonged warm sitz bath, 98° to 100° F., ten 

 to twenty minutes daily, is beneficial by increasing the 

 circulation of blood in the pelvic organs. The hot foot 

 or leg bath, 100° to 104° F., ten to fifteen minutes, acts 

 in the same way. The heating leg compress is useful. 

 The following is a simple mode of preparation: Wet 

 in cold water one-third of a. towel one yard long, wring 

 dry, apply snugly about the calf of the leg, winding 

 on first the wet part, then the dry. Over the towel 

 apply a somewhat broader strip of mackintosh, then 

 flannel cloth sufficient to retain the heat. Apply at 

 bedtime, and retain overnight. Bathe the parts with 

 cold water, and rub well in the morning before 

 dressing. 



Scanty Menstruation. —The principal causes of 

 scanty or deficient menstruation are inflammation of 

 the ovaries; ovarian tumors, consumjition, or other 

 wasting diseases; anteflexion of the womb; mental de- 

 pression, or general debilit5^ 



Treatment.— T\\e measures of treatment recom- 

 mended for the preceding malady are equally appli- 

 cable to this. 



Menorrhagia.— This condition is that in which 

 there is a too profuse discharge of blood. The system 

 is weakened by the loss, and so much so, in many cases, 

 that the individual does not recover her accustomed 

 strength before the occurrence of the next period, when 



