Causes.—­This is frequently due to getting up too soon after labor.

Symptoms.—­Menstruation or too much flow of blood (menorrhagia), dull, heavy feeling in the pelvis, backache or leucorrhea.

Results.—­The womb frequently becomes misplaced.

Treatment.—­Proper supports should be put in after the womb has been placed in its proper position.

If seen early enough some cases can be cured by tampons of ichthyol used three times a week and prolonged hot water injections at bed time.  Cotton soaked in ichthyol and glycerin are frequently of benefit three times a week used as a tampon.  The patient should not be on her feet much, or be active.  Witch-hazel water can be added to the hot water injection if so desired.

Diseases of the fallopian tubes.—­These are named after their discoverer, Fallopian, an Italian anatomist.  These tubes begin at the part of the body of the womb that extends out like a horn.  This is on the sides near the top of the body of the womb.  They are two in number and extend outward on each side for about four inches; each end forms a fringe or finger shape to catch the egg, as it emerges from the ovary.  Through the center there is a tube or canal, and the inner lining of the womb continues on and lines this canal, the mucous membrane of the Fallopian tubes.  When this lining or membrane becomes inflamed it is called Salpingitis or Inflammation of the Fallopian tubes.  Salpingitis is derived from two words:  Salping, meaning tube; ltis, meaning inflammation; Fallopian was the discoverer.  Thus we have Salping(x)itis, or Inflammation of the Fallopian tubes.  Unfortunately in medical description it is generally called Salpingitis.

Salpingitis.  Inflammation of the Fallopian Tubes.—­It may be either acute or chronic in character.

Condition.—­The tissues of the tubes become swollen when the inflammation runs into the pus stage; the finger-shaped end (outer end) is usually closed by adhesions, the pus accumulates in the tube and we have pus in the tube, or what is technically called [pyo. (pus) Salpinx (tube)] Pyosalpinx.  In long standing cases the pus is absorbed or degenerates into a thin watery fluid, forming watery fluid in the tube or [hydro (water) Salpinx (tube)]—­hydrosalpinx.

The tube may become attached to neighboring organs.  The pus or fluid may drain occasionally into the womb and vagina.  It may go into the bladder or bowels.

Causes.—­It is usually caused by invading germs from the womb.  Gonorrhea is the cause of the most cases.

Symptom.—­This disease follows the same kind of an infection in the womb and vagina; the patient complains of pain in the region of the tube, a little to the side or sides of the womb, and the pain is made worse by motion, exercise or long standing.  If it is the acute variety, the temperature rises, the pulse grows faster, and sometimes there is nausea and vomiting.