...find any local exciting cause ; occasionally there may be some cicatricial tissue about the perineum or neck of the uterus, or some local inflammation...the vagina, vulva, meatus, urethra, or vesical neck. Vaginismus, which is the name — although an inaccurate one — given to this condition, was first...

...may be found cicatricial tissue about the perinseum or neck of the uterus causing reflex irritation, or some local inflammation or disease of the vagina, vulva, meatus, urethra, or vesical neck may be the exciting cause. Vaginismus, which is the name — although an inaccurate one — given to...

...ignorant. It is the exception to find any local exciting cause ; occasionally there may be some cicatricial tissue about the perinaeum, or neck of the uterus,...vagina, vulva, meatus, urethra, or vesical neck." Dr. Emmet's experience does not coincide with that of Dr. Sims, who believed vaginismus to be a distinct...

...exception," adds Dr. Emmet, " to find any local exciting cause ; occasionally there may be some cicatricial tissue about the perinaeum or neck of the uterus,...local inflammation or disease of the vagina, vulva, meatu>, urethra, or vesical neck." Dr. Graily Hewitt, on the other hand, is of opinion that the essence...

...affection may not be due to the same cause in all cases. I am of opinion that the essence of the disorder is a local alteration or irritation of the nerves at the spot itself. In one case which occurred under my own observation, the patient was a lady who had had two children:...

...Hewittf considers that the disorder, while not always due to the same cause, is essentially the result of a local alteration or irritation of the nerves at the spot itself. However this may be, there is in my opinion no doubt that vaginism is a consequence of some disorder...

...adds Dr. Emmet, " to find any j local exciting cause ; occasionally there may I be some cicatricial tissue about the perinaeum < or neck of the uterus, or some local inflamI mation or disease of the vagina, vulva, meatus, urethra, or vesical neck." Dr. Graily Hewitt,...

...exception," adds Emmet, " to find any local exciting cause ; occasionally there may be somecicatricial tissue about the perinaeum or neck of the uterus,...alteration or irritation of the nerves at the spot itself ; he also points out that the condition in question is a hyperaesthesia of the parts, dependent not...

...symptom of "various morbid conditions of the vulva, vagina, and the surrounding parts. Hewitt says it is a local alteration or irritation of the nerves at the spot itself, but also points out that the condition is a hyperesthesia of the parts, dependent not always on the...