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Commentaries on some of the more important of the diseases of females
Commentaries on some of the more important of the diseases of females Author:Marshall Hall Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. OF DISORDER OF THE GENERAL HEALTH, IN ITS MODE PROTRACTED FORM. The transition of disorder of the general health from its more acute, into its... more » more protracted form is, of course, quite imperceptible. This affection may perhaps be termed acute, during the first year of its existence ; it has generally subsisted several years, and perhaps almost unconsciously, before it assumes the characteristic form about to be described. In some cases, the transition from the acute to the protracted form can be traced by inquiring accurately into the history of the affection; in other instances, it does not appear to have existed in the acute form at all, but to have stolen upon the patient insidiously from its commencement. It may be observed, in general, that the state of the complexion, of the tongue and internal mouth, of the general surface, and of the bowels, are even more strongly characterizedin the protracted than in the acute form of this disorder; but the variable symptoms have frequently greatly subsided, at least in their severity, and the complications are usually of a totally different character. The protracted form of disorder of the general health, is by no means unknown in the male sex; but the female sex is, certainly, far more apt to be affected with it. The countenance, in the protracted form of disorder of the general health, has gradually assumed a state of permanent paleness and sal- lowness, which are, however, by no means very considerable in all cases; the prolabia have lost the hue of health ; and together with a diffused sallowness, a more morbid discolouration is usually observed occupying the eyelids, and encircling the mouth. The surface of the face is not affected with perspiration, as in the acute form of this disorder, nor is there th...« less