ARTERIOSCLEROSIS OF THE UTERINE VESSELS

In the history of this condition we find a cycle such as is common in many medical subjects. At first only the changes in the uterine muscle and blood-vessels were considered. After Olshausen's introduction of the curette attention was centered on the endometrium. All irregular bleeding was attributed to changes in this structure, and an almost infinite number of classifications and varieties of endometritis resulted. The work of Adler and Hitschmann,1which was later verified by Norris and Keene,2has shown that much of that which was formerly considered pathologic in the endometrium is simply the normal change that occurs in the menstrual cycle. But long before this work on the endometrium was done, attention began to be directed again to the changes in the blood-vessels and uterine muscle. I shall not attempt to review all the literature on this subject but shall refer to only a few