Contributions to the surgical treatment of tumors of the abdomen. Part II. Electricity in the treatment of uterine tumours / by Thomas Keith and Skene Keith.

  • Keith Skene, 1858-1919.
Date:
1889
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Credit: Contributions to the surgical treatment of tumors of the abdomen. Part II. Electricity in the treatment of uterine tumours / by Thomas Keith and Skene Keith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    28/// October. —60 milliamperes for 5 minutes. „ 60 „ „ 5 \tli November.—70 „ „ 5 » The tumour can now be felt one inch above the pubes and entirely to the left of the middle line. gth February 1888.—Has been very well. There is not any pain, there is very much less loss at the periods, and on pressing deeply into the abdomen, no vestige of tumour can be felt. 6th April.—Called to-day to say that she was quite well. Case XI.—Single, age 26, was sent to the Royal Infir- mary, Edinburgh, by Dr Wilson of Old Meldrum in July 1887. The patient was a tall, nice-looking girl, but terribly blanched and bloodless. For rather more than two years there had been a great loss of blood at every menstrual period. Now, the flow lasts for ten or twelve days, and is usually accompanied by severe pain. For the last eight months hypodermic injections of ergot have been given once and sometimes twice a week, and relief from pain has had often to be obtained by the use of morphia suppositories. On first examination, the tumour was found to extend to midway between the pubes and umbilicus, and before the period, it reached up to the umbilicus. The cervix was situated far back ; and in front of it and pressing down on the bladder was a mass of tumour. The sound passed ^\ inches. loth July 1887.—60 milliamperes for 5 minutes. 1st August „ 80 „ „ 5 » The period, which was over before the first application on 30th July, having lasted twelve days, returned on the 3rd August, and the bleeding continued for ten days. \6th August.—40 milliamperes for 5 minutes. I'^th „ 60 „ „ 5 ).