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mentions a woman of thirty-six who had suffered menorrhagia for
ten days, and was in a state of great prostration and suffering
from strong colicky pains. On examination he found a silk-bobbin
about an inch from the entrance, which the patient had introduced
fourteen years before. She had already had attacks of peritonitis
and hemorrhage, and a urethrovaginal fistula was found. The
bobbin itself was black. This patient had been married twice, and
had been cared for by physicians, but the existence of a body 3/4
inch long had never been noticed. Poulet quotes two curious
cases: in one a pregnant woman was examined by a doctor who
diagnosticated carcinomatous degeneration of the neck of the
uterus. Capuron, who was consulted relative to the case, did not
believe that the state of the woman's health warranted the
diagnosis, and on further examination the growth was found to
have been a sponge which had previously been introduced by the
woman into the vagina. The other case, reported by Guyon,
exemplified another error in diagnosis. The patient was a woman
who suffered from continuous vaginal hemorrhage, and had been
given extensive treatment without success. Finally, when the
woman was in extreme exhaustion, an injection of vinegar-water
was ordered, the use of which was followed by the expulsion from
the vagina of a live leech of a species very abundant in the
country.
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