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Outlines of the Principal Diseases of Females

Outlines of the Principal Diseases of Females

Churchill, Fleetwood

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ISBN10: 1153074656
ISBN13: 9781153074650
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 284
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.63 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1838 Excerpt: ...after delivery depended upon a polypus in the womb, the best plan probably would be to introduce the hand and twist it off. Judging from its cellular structure, this could have been easily done in the case which occurred to me. Where the polypus has dragged down the uterus, it may be necessary, after the removal of the excrescence, to maintain that organ in its place by a pessary; at all events, astringent injections should be frequently used. But if the uterus have heen inverted by the weight of the polypus, as there can be no hope of reducing the inversion, and as this is a serious disease in itself, it may perhaps be deemed advisable to remove the whole. The polypus should be first separated, and then a ligature may be applied around the neck of the uterus, and it may either be left to slough off, or it may be amputated below the ligature. After the removal of a polypus, the mucous, as well as the bloody discharge, ceases; and in most cases, if the hemorrhage has not been enormous, the patient recovers her health speedily (Gooch). There are exceptions to this rule, however, for Dr. Hamiltonf states that he knew three patients die after the removal of the polypus. It will be the duty of the practitioner to apply himself sedulously to the mitigation or removal of the secondary symptoms which the loss of blood has entailed. The strength must be supported by broths, jellys, or by animal food, as the stomach may best bear it: wine should also be given and either vegetable or mineral tonics. If there be diarrhoea, as not unfrequently happens, cretaceous mixture or powders, with kino, catechu, or opium may be given. Moderate exercise in the open air in a carriage, after some weeks, will be found highly advantageous. See the chapter on Inversion, f Practical Obs...

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