The Sexual Life of Woman

About this eBook

Author

Kisch, E. Heinrich (Enoch Heinrich), 1841-1918

Title

The sexual life of woman in its physiological, pathological and hygienic aspects

Credits

Produced by Richard Tonsing, Turgut Dincer, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

RG: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics

Subject

Gynecology

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 63274

Release Date

September 23, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE SEXUAL LIFE OF WOMAN IN ITS PHYSIOLOGICAL, PATHOLOGICAL AND HYGIENIC ASPECTS
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (Kisch).
5. 5.THE SEXUAL LIFE OF WOMAN.
6. 6.I. THE SEXUAL EPOCH OF THE MENARCHE. — A. Europe. — 1. Northern Europe. — 2. Middle Europe. — 3. Southern Europe. — B. Asia. — C. Africa, Oceania, and America. — First Appearance of Menstruation. — Anatomical Changes in the Female Genital Organs in the Period of the Menarche. — Menarche Praecox et Tardiva. — ( Precocious and Retarded Menstrual Activity. ) — Pathology of the Menarche. — Anomalies of Menstruation. — Inflammatory Processes. — Disorders of Hæmatopoiesis. — Cardiac Disorders. — Diseases of the Nervous System. — Masturbation. — Disorders of Digestion. — Diseases of the Respiratory Organs. [26] — Diseases of the Organs of the Senses. — Hygiene During the Menarche. — Menstruation. — Pathology of Menstruation. — Amenorrhœa, Menorrhagia, and Dysmenorrhœa. — Vicarious Menstruation. — The Sexual Impulse. — Nymphomania, Anæsthesia and Psychopathia Sexualis.
7. 7.II. THE SEXUAL EPOCH OF THE MENACME. — Anatomical Changes in the Female Genital Organs in the Period of the Menacme. — Pathology of the Menacme. — Dyspepsia Uterina. — Cardiopathia Uterina. — Nervous Diseases Secondary to Diseases of the Genital Organs. — Competence for Marriage of Women Suffering from Disease. — Hygiene During the Menacme. — Copulation and Conception. — Copulation. — Conception. — Pathology of Copulation. — Vaginismus. — Cardiac Troubles Due to Sexual Intercourse. — Dyspareunia. — Fertility in Women. — The Restriction of Fertility and the Use of Means for the Prevention of Pregnancy. — The Determination of Sex. — I. Statistical Investigations. — II. Anatomical Investigations. — III. Experimental Investigations. — Sterility in Women. — Incapacity for Ovulation. — Interference with Conjugation, Conditions Preventing Access of the Spermatozoa to the Ovum. — Diseases of the Ovaries and the Fallopian Tubes. — Diseases of the Uterus. — Pathological Changes in the Cervix Uteri. — Displacements of the Uterus. — Myoma of the Uterus. — Diseases of the Vagina and the Vulva. — Secretions of the Genital Organs. — A. Absolute Sterility. — B. Relative Sterility. — Sexual Sensibility in Women. — Incapacity for Incubation of the Ovum. — Only-Child-Sterility. — Operative Sterility. — TABLE SHOWING THE CAUSES OF STERILITY IN WOMEN. — I. Sterility due to Incapacity for Ovulation. — II. Sterility due to Interference with the Contact of Normal Spermatozoon and Ovum. — III. Sterility due to Incapacity for the Implantation and further Development of the Ovum.
8. 8.III. SEXUAL EPOCH OF THE MENOPAUSE. — The Menopause. — Changes in the Female Reproductive Organs at the Menopause. — The Time of the Menopause. — The Age at Which the Menopause Occurs. — 1. Race. — 2. The Age at Which the Menarche Occurred. — 3. The Woman’s Sexual Activity. — 4. The Social Circumstances of the Woman’s Life. — 5. General Constitutional and Pathological Conditions. — 6. Premature, Delayed and Sudden Onset of the Menopause. — Pathology of the Menopause. — Diseases of the Genital Organs. — Diseases of the Organs of Circulation. — Diseases of the Digestive Organs. — Diseases of the Skin. — Disorders of Metabolism. — Diseases of the Nervous System. — Climacteric Psychoses. — Hygiene During the Menopause.
9. 9.INDEX

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