The history of gynecological treatment of women's pelvic pain and the recent emergence of pain sensitization /
This book explores the historical development of gynecological treatments for women's pelvic pain, focusing primarily on the 19th century. Written by John Jarrell, a male gynecologist, it examines the gender dynamics prevalent in the medical field, where predominantly male physicians treated fe...
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London ; San Diego, CA :
Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier,
[2024]
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- The History of Gynecological Treatment of Women's Pelvic Pain and The Recent Emergence of Pain Sensitization
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Early women gynecologists
- A new specialty
- Important women in gynecology
- References
- Chapter 2: Medical treatments for pelvic pain prior to the Battey operation
- Dysmenorrhea
- Abnormal uterine position
- Vaginismus
- Physical therapy approaches to treating pelvic pain
- Uterine massage
- The Mesendieck system of functional exercise
- References
- Chapter 3: Early developments in surgical practice
- Prevention of sepsis
- Combatting hemorrhage
- Surgical pathology
- Battey's operative management
- References
- Chapter 4: The predictions of James Blundell
- References
- Chapter 5: Major gynecological developments in the 19th century
- Vesico-vaginal fistula
- Robert Battey's experience
- Enslavement
- Extra-uterine pregnancy
- Ovariotomy
- Ephraim McDowell
- Controversy from high mortality
- Importance of ovariotomy
- Clitoridectomy
- References
- Chapter 6: Dr. Robert Battey and the removal of normal ovaries
- Participation in the Civil War
- Professional career
- References
- Chapter 7: Battey's surgery embraced
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- References
- Chapter 8: Critique of the Battey operation
- Criticism of the operation
- Overutilization
- Criticism of operations for mental illness
- The need for conservative surgery
- The theory of anti-NMDAR receptor encephalitis
- Clinical ethics
- Endometriosis
- Current therapeutics
- References
- Chapter 9: The emergence of pelvic pain sensitization
- Physiological theory versus gynecological concept
- Anatomy of pelvic nerves
- Historical documentation of pelvic pain sensitization
- Aetios of Amida
- Pain in the matrix.
- Trigger point therapy originating from Japan
- Hyperesthèsie among women with hysteria
- Hystero-epilepsy
- Irritation in the spinal cord
- Historical clinical descriptions suggesting sensitivity
- Operative notes indicating the severity and chronicity of pain
- Brief history of the origins of peripheral and central pain sensitization
- References
- Chapter 10: Clinical detection of pelvic pain sensitization
- Quantitative sensory testing (QST)
- Detection of allodynia at the bedside
- Detection of visceral vs. somatic causes of pain
- Validation of allodynia
- Clinical database
- Summation of pain
- Expansion of pain
- Prediction of postoperative pain
- Experimental cervical dilatation
- Central sensitivity inventory
- References
- Chapter 11: Pain with and without a lesion
- Two cases of pain without a lesion
- The lesion
- Pain with a lesion
- Pain without a lesion
- Counselling for surgery
- Reversing sensitization
- Classification: Psychiatric, disease-based, or both
- References
- Chapter 12: Is there an evolutionary explanation for women's pelvic pain?
- References
- Chapter 13: A brief summary of advancements in the treatment of women's pelvic pain since the 19th century
- References
- Chapter 14: Summary and suggestions
- Reference
- Index.