Chapter XXXVI: Section IX: The Diseases of Pregnancy

The diseases which are found during pregnancy are of two kinds; the first kind called _Sympathetic_, or nervous, consist of various derangements of different parts of the system, produced chiefly by nervous sympathy with the Womb. The second kind, called _Idiopathic_, are real primary derangements of the Generative Organs themselves, or of those intimately connected with them. Each of these kinds will be treated of separately.