Spasm of the Esophagus

page 169.

"or, hysterical stricture, arises in 'nervous' young women usually under 25 years of age, and is often associated with some slight scratch or ulceration of the mucous membrane, perhaps due to the lodging at an earlier date of a fish-bone...The best course of treatment to adopt is cold douches to the spine, massage, the administration of purgatives, valerian, etc."

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Spasm of the Esophagus

page 169.

"or, hysterical stricture, arises in 'nervous' young women usually under 25 years of age, and is often associated with some slight scratch or ulceration of the mucous membrane, perhaps due to the lodging at an earlier date of a fish-bone...The best course of treatment to adopt is cold douches to the spine, massage, the administration of purgatives, valerian, etc."

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Instruction 36: Diseases of Women

Page 307.

"Inflammation of the Ovaries: In many cases there may only be congestion, most frequently found among those who are unmarried or among young widows, who have never borne children. It does not come on suddenly, but is developed rather gradually, and those most liable are the nervous and emotional who live in conditions of life favoring excitation without complete functional action of the sexual organs."

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