There is a small proportion of cases in which the system has become accustomed to the retroflected position of the womb, and if the abnormal condition is rectified, a great many painful symptoms spring into prominence, that are attributable to the interference. This is particularly the case in women who are in those years that we term “change of life,” and for this reason they should be let severely alone. Excluding the above class of cases, the question arises in other cases whether the uterus can be replaced without violence, or whether it is fixed or grown to its surroundings by inflammatory adhesions. It is not always an easy matter to dispose of this question at once, because the enlarged and congested body is often so firmly wedged down between the posterior pelvic wall and the vagina, that any attempt to dislodge it is accompanied with such acute pain that one feels constrained to desist for a time. When there is great pain or sensitiveness, the patient should take to bed, so as to give the pelvic organs every chance to get rid of the inflammatory irritability. Hot-water compresses should be applied to the lower abdominal or pelvic region, and hot vaginal irrigations thrown into the vagina; these should be copious, no less than a gallon of water at once, at a temperature of 107 to 110° Fahr., repeated twice daily. The bowels should be kept loose, say several operations each day, for three or four days; after that once a day will be sufficient. In the course of several weeks the congestion will have subsided, so that, in the great majority of cases, reposition can be readily accomplished. If the resistance of the womb still persists, then it is reasonable to infer that the organ is tied down by old inflammatory adhesions; these, then, should be treated with galvanism, after the manner described for removing adhesions in anteflexions. The statistics show that, out of every five women who are suffering from female diseases, one has a posterior displacement, either a retroflexion or retroversion. The greatest number of these are traceable to their last confinement. All these displacements, as well as those that are accidental or induced by a fall, jumps or the like, should be replaced as soon as possible, otherwise inflammatory adhesions may complicate and greatly obstruct the replacement.