Excerpt from The Monthly Cyclopaedia of Practical Medicine and Universal Medical Journal, Vol. 12: September, 1898 W. E. Fothergill4 claims that senecio will not cause abortion, or in any way in uence the course of pregnancy. The practical utility of a drug which will cure functional amenorrhoea, but will not interfere with pregnancy, is, of course, obvious. A girl, for instance, is brought to the practitioner by her mother, amenorrhoea. Being the only symptom complained of. A physical ex amination is, for the time, out of the question, and a series of interrogations may cause unnecessary suffering. Func tional amenorrhoea may be the condition or pregnancy. Under these circum stances, senecio may be safely prescribed before making a diagnosis, as it will probably cure the one, and certainly will do no harm to the other. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."