, etc.

(O) Certain temperamental conditions may be associated with barrenness:
lack of affinity, frigidity.

THE KNACK OF MISCARRYING

DISPLACEMENT OF WOMB.--In many instances the primary cause of the
displaced womb was some energetic, muscular effort, made while the
victim was yet a girl,--probably before menstruation began. Whatever act
first caused a slight tilting of the womb, must necessarily have been
an unusual physical effort, and as girls are getting more and more
strenuous we may look for more trouble in this direction in the future.
Inasmuch as a slight tilting of the womb gradually gets worse it is a
reasonable expectation to believe that sterility is a natural sequence
to displacement. The girl may have been the victim of painful
menstruation which was neglected, because not quite painful enough to
compel medical relief, which is sought for only as a last resource
unfortunately under the circumstances. Intercourse may also have been
more or less painful,--a condition which again is mistakenly and
imprudently borne in silence and left to take care of itself. But when
persistent sterility faces her, the woman seeks medical assistance and
her trouble is discovered. As the displacement is found to be the cause
of her sterility, its correction, which is a comparatively easy medical
problem, not only cures the barrenness but happily relieves her of the
menstrual distress and all other pain.

The treatment for displacement consist of placing medicated pieces of
wool or cotton, called tampons, in the vagina in such a position as to
hold the womb, _as_ nearly in its proper place as is possible. After a
time nature will so strengthen the ligaments that they will hold the
womb and a cure is, therefore, affected. The length of time necessary to
cure depends upon the length of time the displacement has existed. It
may take, from two to four months. When the displacement is of long
standing and is accompanied with more or less inflammation, adhesions
sometimes grow between the womb and the adjacent organs. It is necessary
to resort to surgery in such cases, but the result is always good and
the danger practically nothing.

DISEASE OF THE WOMB, OVARIES OR FALLOPIAN TUBES.--Disease of the womb,
ovaries, and fallopian tubes, which renders the victim sterile, is as a
rule the direct result of infection. Such infection is conveyed by the
husband to the wife. This is quite a common condition. The simple fact
that such