Further observations on the structure and treatment of uterine polypi / by Robert Lee.

  • Lee, Robert, 1793-1877.
Date:
1861
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Credit: Further observations on the structure and treatment of uterine polypi / by Robert Lee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ON THE STRUCTURE AND TREATMENT OF UTERINE POLYPI. BY ROBERT LEE, M.D., F.R.S., OBSTETRIC PHYSICIAN TO ST. GEORGE’S HOSPITAL. Received Eeb. 14tli.—Read March 26th, 1860. Until a recent period, the anatomical structure of the different varieties of uterine polypi was very imperfectly understood; and at the present time uterine polypi continue to be confounded by many writers with the cancerous or malignant diseases of the uterus. In 1696, Saviard examined the body of a woman who had died of uterine hsemorrhage in the Hotel Dieu. He found a fleshy mass, as large as the heart of an ox, adhering to the fundus uteri, and filling its cavity. This tumour, which had a slender neck or root, was covered with a membrane which appeared to he an expansion of the lining membrane of the uterus. Four branches of arteries and veins were distributed to the tumour. The arteries were small, but the veins were as large as the crural veins; and when the tumour was laid open, a considerable cavity was found in its centre, extending from the apex to the base. The lower extremity of the tumour had a contused and gan-