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...will do anything in the world to get pregnant,' yet when given diets and basal body temperature charts, they find many rationalizations for not dieting and keeping the monthly record." The last thing in the world that they really want, he contended, is weight reduction and the normal ovarian function which could make pregnancy possible...
...typical case is that of Mrs. H., a storekeeper's wife, who was bloated and miserable when she first went to the women's clinic of Manhattan's Memorial Hospital. She had had an ovarian cancer removed, but not soon enough: its colonies were spread around the lining of her abdominal cavity, causing it to fill rapidly with fluid. She had constant pain, cramps and constipation; she could not keep house, and had to be "tapped" regularly...
...cousin of Mary Todd Lincoln), to travel 60 miles on horseback to his surgery, though she was very ill. Lacking anesthesia, Jane Crawford kept up her courage by repeating the Psalms while Dr. McDowell made surgical history with the first ovariotomy - and removed a 15-lh. ovarian cyst...
...local doctors looked grave and thoughtful. Her condition, they told her, was caused by an ovarian cyst that had grown to improbable size. Cysts can be removed, but Mrs. Levandowski also had a bad heart, they said. She could not stand an operation...
...authorities have disagreed widely as to its cause. No speculation seemed too absurd. Mongolism, said some, looking at the slanted eyes of its victims, was racial evidence of "the Mongol in our midst." Others, more responsible, argued that it was caused by "advanced maternal age," exhaustion of the womb, ovarian disorders, an upset gland (any gland would do) or, finally, heredity...