Abstract

A PATIENT, Mrs. C. L. L., aged 24, consulted me for the first time in April 1940. Her chief complaint was sterility, dating from her marriage four years previously. Her family history was interesting in that the fecundity was unusually high. The patient was the fifth of nine living children and she had four sisters, all of whom had become pregnant soon after marriage. The social history was irrelevant and the patient stated that she had suffered from no serious medical diseases. Two of her sisters suffered with seasonal hay fever and the patient stated that she had had urticaria after eating strawberries. However, even this allergic condition had not been observed for several years. The menarche occurred at the age of 13 years and she had menstruated at regular intervals of 28 to 30 days since that time. The flow was normal, lasted about 5 days, and there was no dysmenorrhea.

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