Abstract
C. H., a well preserved and healthy looking woman, aged 50 years, always menstruated regularly and never had any genital troubles till 15 years ago. At that time she gave birth to twins, making the number of children seven in all. About a year later menstruation returned but with considerable irregularity; and in another year it ceased altogether. Two years ago, 11 years after the cessation of menstruation, she began to feel out of sorts; she lost her appetite, had nausea and felt weak. She was examined and treated by several physicians, including myself, at various times, but her true condition was not diagnosed and she remained unrelieved. One doctor told her that she had a growth and an operation would be necessary to remove it. The others treated her for gastritis, nervous dyspepsia, etc. She began to worry over her troubles and became much emaciated, anemic and nervous. One
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