CHAPTER XX

GONORRHOEA IN MARRIAGE

The cause of gonorrhoea. Tests of cure. Effects on a woman. Chronicity. Prevalence. Surgical treatment in women. Morality of the surgical treatment. Conservative surgery. Salpingotomy. Ovariotomy. Evil effects of ovariotomy. Internal secretion of the ovary. Results of various operations. Pregnancy after operation. Morality of infection. General effects of gonorrhoea. Ophthalmia neonatorum and gonorrhoea 212-229