VAGINAL TRICHOMONIASIS IN THE PREGNANT WOMAN

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Abstract
Leukorrhea is the most common, as well as the most constant, symptomatic expression of pelvic disease. Generally it is the first symptom to arise and the last to disappear. From the symptomatic standpoint, it may be regarded, figuratively, as the first and last word of morbid disorders arising in the pelvic organs. In most instances the etiologic background of the symptom is readily discerned. Not infrequently, however, a persistent and obdurate variety is encountered in which no gross lesion is outstanding and in which the etiology heretofore has remained more or less obscure. Examples of this type are familiar to all. Nearly a hundred years ago, reference was made toTrichomonasas the possible provocative factor in cases of this type. Since this parasite was first mentioned as possibly influential etiologically, numerous papers-more than sixty—have appeared both in this country and in Europe, lending substantial support to this view. In

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