Meanings
- uncountableinflammation of the labia minora
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Since the above was written, this case has returned with an amazing change for the better. The tremulousness has disappeared in hands and voice; she has grown at the rate of half an inch a month; she looks bright; walks with a more sprightly, easy gait; her mind is clear and active, and the last vestige of nymphitis has disappeared.
1881, Annals of Anatomy and Surgery, volumes 3-4, page 3Eighty-four were pus kidney with or without obstruction; on twelve it was found necessary to do a nephrectomy; one case refused nephrectomy, but by dilation and irrigation he has been apparently well and has worked every day for a year. One case with pus in the left kidney and very advanced nymphitis died one year after stopping my irrigations.
1919, New York State Journal of Medicine, volume 19, page 332
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