ht years from profuse menstruation and dysmenorrhea,
with a membranous discharge, and, for several months before consulting
us, she had experienced severe pain and a soreness in the pelvic organs.
Her bowels were obstinately constipated, it being next to impossible for
her to have an evacuation, and she possessed a pale and careworn
countenance. Upon examination, we discovered a hard, incompressible
tumor, represented in Fig. 18, attached to the posterior wall of the
uterus, which caused anteversion of the womb, and which pressed upon the
rectum so as to produce great obstruction. She was treated by means of
electrolysis, with injections into the substance of the growth, for one
month, at the end of which she resumed home, with the tumor reduced from
the size of a pint bowl to the size of an egg, and her health greatly
improved. After going home the tumor continued to grow less until, at
the end of a few months, her home physicians could detect no trace of
it, and she has remained well since, for more than five years.

[Illustration: Fig. 19.
U, Uterus. T, Tumor.]

CASE IV. A lady aged 36: married 13 years; no children. She complained
of severe pain in the back and a frequent desire to urinate.
Menstruation was profuse, and the bowels were constipated. On
examination, we found an inter-mural fibroid tumor, represented in Figs.
19, developed in the anterior wall of the uterus, and pressing upon the
bladder. The womb was enlarged, measuring three inches in depth, and was
slightly anteflected. A month's treatment, with electrolysis and
injections into the tumor, arrested the growth and diminished the size
more than one-half, and caused the unpleasant symptoms to disappear.

[Illustration: Fig. 20.
U, Uterus. T, Tumor.]

CASE V. A married lady, 26 years of age; had borne no children, but had
had several abortions, brought about intentionally. Six months before
consulting us, a tumor, about the size of an egg, was discovered by her
home physician. It grew steadily from the time of its discovery until,
when we made an examination, it was found to be about the size of an
ordinary tea-cup. It was developed in the posterior wall of the womb, as
represented in Fig. 20. Three weeks' treatment reduced the tumor two
thirds.

[Illustration: Fig. 21.
U, Uterus. P, Polypus.]

CASE VI. A widow lady, aged 52. She was examined ten years ago by two of
the most distinguished physicians of New Haven, Conn., who pronounced
her suffer