This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 Excerpt: ...in extent, however mighty in result, with such an immense influence on the nervous system. The peritoneal wound (shown by Waldeyer not to exist, since the peritoneum does not cover this portion of the ovary, ) which excited such luxuriant compassion on the part of Michelet, should by this time be relieved of the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 Excerpt: ...in extent, however mighty in result, with such an immense influence on the nervous system. The peritoneal wound (shown by Waldeyer not to exist, since the peritoneum does not cover this portion of the ovary, ) which excited such luxuriant compassion on the part of Michelet, should by this time be relieved of the responsibilities laid upon it. We think indeed that the female economy can be shown to normally experience a stimulus, more or less powerful in connection with menstruation, but there is nothing to show that this is derived from a sudden and fermentative evolution of nerve force in the ovaries.2 1 " All facts agree to prove that menstruation is the consequence of the ovarian process on which depends the development and rupture of the Graafian vesicle. The menstrual hemorrhage is an accident due to the insufficient resistance of the capillaries of the endometrium, when congested at the time of the development of an ovarian vesicle." Liegois, Traite de Physiologic 1869. Pp. 262-264. 'Chereau, Maladies des ovaries. The extent to which the ovaries have succeeded to the uterus, in the capacity for inflaming the scientific imagination, may be gathered from these words of Virchow. "The woman is only woman on account of her generative glands" 4. These remarkable peculiarities of the menstrual flow, which to the majority, of observers learned or simple, have always distinguished it from accidental hemorrhage, demand an explanation if any theoretical conclusion can be arrived at in regard to the effect of menstruation on the working capacity of women. It is certain that in the case of any other hemorrhage of far less amount and duration, the most complete rest of body and mind would be claimed as a matter of course. It would not be necessar...
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