Excerpt from The Homeopathic Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Pedology, 1889, Vol. 11 This case may have been one of endometritis fungosa, but in this disease the cervix is usually closed. In sarcoma the uterus is large, infiltrated, and usually painful when moved. These points are absent in endometritis fungosa. In sarcoma the submucous tissues are infiltrated. If this case had been sarcoma, would a complete recovery like this have occurred? In sarcoma, besides the anemia there is a decided cachexia. In this case there was only anemia. I have removed (curetted) many cases of fungoid degener ation of the uterine mucosa.

But the removed substances did not look like this. Anyhow, the treatment appears successful, which is the main point, and the terrible operation of extirpation of the uterus has been avoided. The reduction in size of the greatly enlarged womb may have been chiey due to the curetting, but I believe hydrastis had something to do with it. I forgot to say that she used the hot prolonged douche for two months. This probably had its inuence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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