Author: Thomas Watts EdenPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781396229220
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 944
Book Description
Excerpt from The New System of Gynaecology, Vol. 2 of 3 Acute Vulvitis. - Cause. - Acute vulvitis is generally gonorrhoeal in origin, but it is occasionally due to injury caused by a douche, the temperature of which was too high or the chemical it contained too strong, or to the septic infection of a wound of the vulva caused during labour or otherwise. Symptoms. - The patient complains of a profuse discharge and of heat, swelling, and pain in the vulva. Pain and swelling in the groins and scalding on micturition may also be present. Signs. - The labia are swollen, tender, and red, and there is a profuse purulent discharge covering the affected parts. The orifices of the urethra and Bartholin's ducts may be inflamed and red. The Special characters of gonorrhoeal vulvitis are described in the Article on Gonorrhoea (vol. I. P. Diagnosis. - The nature of the infecting organisms should be ascertained by a bacteriological examination Of a specimen of the discharge. Apart from the detection of the gonococcus, gonorrhoea may be suspected if the vulvitis was sudden in its onset and the inflammation very acute, so that the pain and swelling are particularly marked. A very profuse and green discharge is highly suggestive of gonorrhoea, and infection of the inguinal glands, urethra, and Bartholin's ducts all point strongly to such an origin. The complications mentioned in Vol. I. P. 574 are also liable to follow an attack of gonorrhoeal vulvitis. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.