DISEASES PECULIAR TO WOMEN 609 



examination iisually reveals a swollen condition of the 

 glands at the mouth of the urethra, which is red and 

 often obstructed by a slight vascular growth looking 

 some like a minute raspberry, very small in size. The 

 author has met many cases of this sort, but has found 

 the adoption of proper measures of treatment effective. 

 If a tumor exists, it must be removed. The removal 

 of these growths must be done in a thorough manner. 

 Their disposition to return is so great that some sur- 

 geons of eminence have been led to regard them as 

 having a strong tendency to malignancy. Quacks and 

 so-called cancer specialists not infrequently subject 

 patients to most horrible suffering by attempting to 

 remove these growths by means of caustic pastes, plas- 

 ters, etc. This method is barbarous, and is no more 

 effective than less painful and more scientific means, 

 and often involves extensive destruction of the sur- 

 rounding parts. The proper mode of operating, m 

 these cases, is removal with the galvano-cautery, the 

 Pacquelin cautery, or electrolysis. Cancer specialists 

 should be carefully avoided. Any skilled surgeon is 

 prepared to perform the necessary operation in cases 

 of this sort. 



Bladder Disorders.— Various disorders of the blad- 

 der are accompanied by frequent or painful passage 

 of urine. Retention of urine, and dull, aching pain 

 after urination, are among the most common discom- 

 forts to which women are subject through local dis- 

 eases. These are, in many cases, not due to disease of 

 the bladder itself, but to some irritation of the womb or 

 reflex irritation arising from disease of the ovaries. 



Treatment.— The bladder douche is of great value 

 in many cases of this sort, often effecting a cure within 

 a short time, although sometimes it must be employed 



