THE TREATMENT OF LEUCORRHEA WITH THE ACTUAL CAUTERY.

There are probably few members of this society who are specialists to the extent that they do not treat diseases peculiar to women. If I were to ask what symptom is complained of most frequently in your experience with such diseases, I believe the majority of you would agree in one answer. Certain it is that during several years' experience in a large clinic the question most frequently asked me by visiting physicians was, "What do you do for leucorrhea?" Rather the question was usually presented in this form, "How do you treat endometritis?" the general belief among physicians being that leucorrhea is an expression of chronic inflammation of the endometrium. Our laboratory experience demonstrates, however, that chronic inflammation of the endometrium is comparatively rare, while cervical inflammation is one of the most common of lesions. The physician's first duty in treating a patient complaining of leucorrhea is to locate,