Friends filled her
ears with wild stories about the dreadful effects likely to
follow the absence of menstruation. This worried her greatly, and
as a consequence she became pale and anaemic, with loss of flesh,
appetite, and sleep, and a long train of imaginary nervous
symptoms. She presented herself for treatment, and insisted upon
a uterine examination. This revealed no pathological condition
of her uterus. She was assured that she would not die, or become
insane, nor a chronic invalid. In consequence she soon forgot
that she differed in any way from other girls. A course of
chalybeate tonics, generous diet, and proper care of her general
health, soon restored her to her normal condition. After close
observation for several years, she submitted to a thorough
examination, although entirely free from any abnormal symptoms.
The examination revealed the following physical condition:
Weight, 105 pounds (her weight before leaving Ireland was 130);
girth of chest, twenty-nine and a half inches; girth of abdomen,
twenty-five inches; girth of pelvis, thirty-four and a half
inches; girth of thigh, upper third, twenty inches; heart
healthy, sounds and rhythm perfectly normal; pulse, 76; lungs
healthy; respiratory murmur clear and distinct over every part;
respiration, easy and twenty per minute; the mammae are well
developed, firm, and round; nipples, small, no areola; her skin
is soft, smooth, and healthy; figure erect, plump, and
symmetrical; her bowels are regular; kidneys, healthy.
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