HYSTERIA

(Yunanca köken — orijinale bakınız.) It genand erally attacks unmarried females between the ages of 15 and 3o, coming on with low spirits and anxiety, sickne , the short breath, and palpitations; sobbing, and a sense of distension of the bowels, which afterwards seems to concentre itself in the stomash, nnd then rise like a ball into the throat, and where it produces gasping, stu|>or, convulsive motions, cryverse ing, laughing, hiccough, How of saliva from the mouth, and the delirium; at length the spasms abate, and the person graduname, ally i rally with the expulsion of wind from the stomach. Some of these symptoms tire often much it prevalent than others, so that the disorder a ume in many forms; it is also very variable in its duration, lasting from an hour or two to one or two days. The treatment varies extremely with the apparent causes of the disorder; Greek sometimes bleeding and depletives. Mothers stimulants and Element a tonics nre required; in mild cases sprinkling with water and applying nasal stimulants give relief. Great attention to in the (Citing cause, exercise, moderate and judicious amusements and occupations, regular hours, and change of air and it scene, are among the best preventives of its recurrence. HY8TERITIS. Inflammation of the womb. This dan foot, the geroi 'rally occurs the second or third day after delivery; it is attended by fever and pain of the part, and tion. requires active antiphlogistic treatment. which IIYSTEROLOGY, or [s. 599]