Identifier: plainhometalkabo00foot (find matches)
Title: Plain home talk about the human system--the habits of men and women--the cause and prevention of disease--our sexual relations and social natures
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Foote. Edward B(liss), 1829-1906. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Medicine, Popular Marriage
Publisher: New York : Murray Hill publishing company (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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THE OVARY IN TIEALTH. The thoroughly paralyzed ovary
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502 HINTS TO THE CHILDLESS. or quite paralyzed, the menses are too slight. When inflammatory,ulcerous, or tumorous affections are present, the menses are too pro-fuse ; and sometimes fleshy substances or fibres pass with the men-strual discharges. When the ovaries are dropsical, the menstrualFig. 131. fluids are often found to be very watery, with alightish appearance oryellowish color. Tumor-ous and dropsical ovariesin some cases, producevery great abnormal dis-thb ovary in old age. tention, so that the female is supposed to be pregnant by those not capable of judging. It iswell in these affections that females so suffering are not liable topregnancy, for they could hardly survive the period of gestation.Nor is it best that females should become pregnant until these difficul-ties are entirely eradicated, for pregnancy is possible when only a par-tial cure is effected. Both out of regard for thehealth of the offspring,and the greater safety of the mother, every vestige of tumor, ordro

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