A TEXT BOOK ON CHIROPRACTIC GYNECOLOGY BY HARRY E. VEDDER, D. C., Ph. C. DEPT. OF GYNECOLOGY IN THE PALMER SCHOOL OF CHIROPRACTIC FOURTH EDITION COPYRIGHT 1923 HARRY E. VEDDER, D. C., Ph. C. DAVENPORT, IOWA, U. S. A. DEDICATION Throughout my years of service in the Faculty body of the Palmer School of Chiropractic I have had one staunch and steadfast friend; one to whom I could go with my difficult problems and be assured of advice and co-operation born of real sincerity. Because of these many pleasant occasions and the influence for good it has had in my life, I take pleasure in dedicating this book to M. H. Palmer, D.C., Ph.C. HARRY E. VEDDER, D.C., Ph.C. PREFACE In the different methods which have been inaugurated during the past few years, all of which strive to restore health, the word “Chiropractic” has become a magic word. Because of the world wide success of this science many other methods and systems have tried to enlist under its banners and parade as a part of this wonderful system. Chiropractic is, always has been and always will be, based on the foundation of natural laws; the cause of disease being found in subluxations of the spine and relieved by the adjustment of those subluxations. That is Chiropractic in its simplicity, unadorned by other methods calculated to inspire in the public mind an idea of intricacy and complication. Anything added to this basic foundation is not Chiropractic and any book which teaches methods of procedure which do not conform to this basis is not truly a Chiropractic production. The author has felt for many years that a strictly Chiropractic book on the subject of Gynecology was a real necessity. What other authors had written mattered little, because they had all left out the essential element that was necessary in a Chiropractic publication. Looking at the problem from the standpoint of the field Chiropractor and the student of Chiropractic, he saw that the essential elements required were a statement of the cause of the disease; a thoroughly Chiropractic explanation of that cause and the results that might be expected under adjustments. These three factors have been incorporated in every disease considered, and it is with the sincere hope that this publication fills a long felt need in the Chiropractic world that this book has been produced. HARRY E. VEDDER, D.C., Ph.C. CONTENTS Page DEDICATION ..................................................................................................................3 PREFACE ........................................................................................................................5 CHAPTER I ANATOMY OF THE FEMALE GENERATIVE ORGANS...........................................11 CHAPTER II PHYSIOLOGY OF THE FEMALE GENERATIVE ORGANS .....................................38 Menorrhagia and Metrorrhagia.................................................................................42 Amenorrhea .............................................................................................................44 Dysmenorrhea ..........................................................................................................49 CHAPTER III DISEASES OF THE VULVA .........................................................................................52 Hematoma of the Vulva............................................................................................52 Gangrene of the Vulva..............................................................................................54 Vulvitis ....................................................................................................................55 Simple Catarrhal Vulvitis ........................................................................................56 Gonorrheal Vulvitis .................................................................................................57 Follicular Vulvitis ....................................................................................................58 Diabetic Vulvitis ......................................................................................................59 Inflammation of the Vulvo-Vaginal Glands..............................................................60 Inflammation of the Vulvo-Vaginal Gland Ducts ....................................................62 Cysts of the Vulvo-Vaginal Glands ..........................................................................63 Pruritus Vulvae ........................................................................................................64 Kraurosis Vulvae .....................................................................................................66 Elephantiasis of Vulva..............................................................................................67 Varicose Veins of the Vulva.....................................................................................68 Oedema of the Vulva ................................................................................................69 Hydrocele of the Labia Majora .................................................................................70 Inguinolabial or Anterior Hernia...............................................................................71 Benign Tumors of the Vulva.....................................................................................72 Vulvar Cysts ............................................................................................................73 Cancer of the Vulva..................................................................................................74 Sarcoma of the Vulva ...............................................................................................75 Chancroids ...............................................................................................................76 Verruca Vulgaris ......................................................................................................78 Verruca Acuminata ..................................................................................................79 Herpes Progenitalia ..................................................................................................80 Eczema Genitalium ..................................................................................................81 Simple Dermatitis Vulvae.........................................................................................82 Erysipelas of the Vulva.............................................................................................83 Diptheria Vulvae ......................................................................................................84 CHAPTER IV DISEASES OF THE VAGINA........................................................................................87 Cystocele .................................................................................................................87 Rectocele .................................................................................................................90 Vaginal Hernia .........................................................................................................93 Vaginitis ..................................................................................................................95 Simple Acute Vaginitis.............................................................................................95 Simple Chronic Vaginitis .........................................................................................97 Gonorrheal Vaginitis ...............................................................................................98 Granular Vaginitis .................................................................................................100 Senile Vaginitis .....................................................................................................101 Emphysematous Vaginitis .....................................................................................103 Vaginal Cysts .........................................................................................................104 Vaginal Fibromata .................................................................................................107 Cancer of the Vagina ..............................................................................................109 Sarcoma of the Vagina............................................................................................112 CHAPTER V DISEASES OF THE UTERUS...............................................................................................116 The Uterus in General.....................................................................................................116 Prolapse of the Uterus .....................................................................................................120 Anteflexion .....................................................................................................................125 Posterior Versions and Flexions......................................................................................127 Inversions .......................................................................................................................133 Fibromata .......................................................................................................................138 Cancer of the Body of the Uterus ...................................................................................155 Cancer of the Cervix .......................................................................................................160