Movable kidney and intermitting hydronephrosis : a thesis for the degree of M.D. Aberdeen / by G.D. Knight.

  • Knight, George Davis.
Date:
1893
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Credit: Movable kidney and intermitting hydronephrosis : a thesis for the degree of M.D. Aberdeen / by G.D. Knight. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    She was menstruating at the time. The pain was so severe as to incapacitate her from work for two or three days. Before this her periods had been painless in cha- racter ; but from that date they were always accompanied by pain and sickness. She also commenced to suffer from losses of blood from the bowel, at first moderate in quantity and at irregular intervals, but ultimately becoming so frequent as to occur once or twice a week, and even on several successive days. They generally, but not always, accompanied an action of the bowels. Immediately after each action she suffered from a dull aching pain, referred to the rectum, varying in severity and persisting for one or more hours. This pain frequently set up a condition of tenesmus, with moderate diarrhoea, which continued through the greater part of the day. She permitted this state of affairs to continue for many months before seeking advice ; and when she did apply to her medical adviser, little if any amelioration of the ailment was secured. Any slight exertion set up the pain and irritation in the bowel, prostrated her for hours, rendered her life inactive and miserable, and thus placed her, at a comparatively early age, in the condition of a chronic invalid. During the fortnight following the attack mentioned above, the patient, being kept absolutely at rest, slowly and steadily improved. She began, however, to complain of pain in the epigastric region, with frequently recurring sensations of nausea and faintness. Vomiting, at first occasional and only with the ingestion of food, followed ; soon, however, becoming so persistent and continuous that only the most minute quantities of nourishment could be given with any certainty of its retention. This extreme irritability of the stomach continued for nearly three weeks. A gradual abatement of all these symptoms then occurred.