Dr. E. V. Cragin.—What are the Indications for a vaginal Examination? (Americ. Journ. of obstetrics etc, 1894, IV, p. 515). What are the indications for checking women through the vagina?

The author submitted a report on this to the Cincinnati Medical Society. He examines separately 3 different epochs of a woman's life: 1) the period of virginity, 2) the full development of sexual life, and 3) fading (climacterium). In the 1st, indications for examination are rare. However, the shortcomings of the development of the sexual organs in a girl preparing to marry her husband require the study of such a girl. Dizmenorrhea, which is not inferior to the general treatment or constant pain in the lower abdomen - also give the right to examine the girl. In America, checkup in the 1st is given under anesthesia to avoid pain and mental shock.