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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    long time, yet the people at the Home were quite alarmed at the amount. \st December.—135 milliamperes for 5 minutes. 2nd „ 240 „ „ 8 6t/i „ 200 „ „ 10 8t/i „ 190 „ „ 10 lol/i „ 205 „ „ 10 The tumour is now one-third less in size than it was, and instead of being smooth has become irregular in outline. There has been a large deposit of fat on the abdominal wall. The period came on after this application, and the amount of blood lost was fully more than at the last three, yet the woman does not feel at all the worse for it. 24/// December.—230 milliamperes for 10 minutes. 26th „ 240 „ „ 10 28//! „ 240 „ „ 10 IQth „ 235 „ „ 10 3r<^ /a7i. 1888.—230 „ „ 10 The treatment consisted in thirty-six applications— twenty-four positive and twelve negative—and the patient left hospital a well woman. There are several points of interest about this case. It cannot be said that the comfort and rest of the hospital had anything to do with her recovery, as she had had the same comfort and rest while in the Greenock Hospital. It would also be expected that a change from the low diet of tea and bread to the ordinary hospital fare would have resulted in an increased flow of blood, more especially as the improved diet was accompanied, almost from the beginning, by the administration of a regular course of iron pills. The woman was also sensible enough not to be distressed by the presence of a tumour which did not give rise to any symptoms ; and again to consider herself cured when her tumour had, after having been an active agent for evil,