THE FREQUENCY AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ENDOMETRITIS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF TREATMENT.

At present it is a matter of some importance to know just how frequently the endometrium is the seat of inflammatory or other changes which require treatment. Such knowledge is especially valuable in reference to cases in which the sole pelvic lesion is supposed to be located in the mucosa of the uterus. To those who in gynecologic practice are constantly meeting pelvic disease in its various forms the idea which is more or less prevalent concerning the part played by the endometrium in such diseases is a matter of surprise. For the truth is that the endometrium of itself is rather infrequently the seat of any pathologic alteration which would justify treatment directed to it alone. Notwithstanding this fact, the pathology and the treatment of endometritis are widely discussed subjects. Tucker1first drew attention to the unwarranted consideration the subject is given in text-books. Thus in six books