The Symptomatic Diagnosis and Treatment of Gynecological Disorders

This book is developed on the principle of ready reference for office gynecologic therapy. Its style adheres to the headings of symptoms, following which there is classification of disease in relation to the symptom complex and clinical findings. The author in several places refers to the medical monilia which causes vulvar and vaginal mycosis as a yeast. This is distinctly an error, for yeasts are nonpathogenic or friendly fungi, with their use dominantly in bakeries, breweries and the like. In chapter II, on pruritus vulvae, it is stated that the pruritus is the result of diabetes. Recent investigations have shown that glycosuria per se does not cause irritation. It is the medical monilia present which causes a mycosis under these circumstances. On page 17 fungous infections are classed as protozoal. The fungi belong in the holozoic group. Trichomonads are in the protozoic list. The discussion of amenorrhea is thorough, and