should wear some kind of a support to
the abdomen. These supporters, however, do a vast amount of harm, for
by being worn tightly around the abdomen they increase the pressure on
the bowels, thus forcing down, more and more, the womb and its
appendages. All that is necessary is to raise up the womb to its
natural position, and use an instrument that will keep it in place.
This instrument is called a pessary. This pessary is a ring or hollow
cup-shaped globe, made of gold, silver, ivory, wood or gutta-percha,
and is placed in the vagina or birthplace, thus supporting the womb.
The cold hip bath should be used once a day, at the same time
injecting cold water into the vagina with a syringe. Lie down as much
as possible, and avoid becoming fatigued. Apply cold bandages to the
abdomen on going to bed.

If the womb has descended to the external orifice it is often
necessary to restore it to its natural position by pressing it upward
and backward by a finger or two pressed into the vagina. If the
process be accompanied with pain, the vagina should be well washed by
injections of thick flax seed or slippery elm bark tea for a day or
two before the astringent washes are used.

Avoid tight corsets and heavy skirts, suspend the under-garments from
the shoulders and not from the waist, as is usually done. Use plain
vegetable diet, and avoid tea, coffee, spirituous drinks, and all
sensual indulgences. Allow the clothes to be loose. These things must
be attended to closely. The diet should be plain and nourishing, but
not stimulating.

Use an injection of an infusion of white oak bark, geranium, or a
solution of alum, in the proportion of one ounce to the pint of water.
If there is inflammation of the womb, this must be subdued before
using the pessary. Give tincture of aconite, compound powder of ipecac
and opium, with injections of an infusion of hops and lobelia, or an
infusion of belladonna.

If there is heat and difficulty in passing water, drink an infusion of
marsh mallow and spearmint. If the patient is weak, give the following
tonic:

Sulphate quinine, twenty-five grains; citrate of iron (soluble),
thirty-five grains. Make into twenty-four powders. Take a powder three
times a day, after each meal, in sweet wine.

LEUCORRHOEA--WHITES--FLOUR ALBUS.

The word leucorrhoea is derived from two Greek words, and means
literally a "white discharge." It is also known as "flour albus,"
"whites," and "fe