The treatment of chronic perimetritis by puncture and iodine injections / by Charles C. Lee.

  • Lee, Charles Carroll, 1838-
Date:
[1878?]
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Credit: The treatment of chronic perimetritis by puncture and iodine injections / by Charles C. Lee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    THE TREATMENT OF'CHRONIC PERIMETRITIS/ BY PUNCTURE AND IODINE INJECTIONS. BY CHARLES C. LEE, M. D., New York. In common with all who have seen much of gynecologi- cal practice, the writer has found the treatment of periute- rine cellulitis a source of constant disappointment and an- noyance. Three years ago, when in charge of the venereal wards of the Charity Hospital on Blackwell’s Island, he made, as carefully as possible, a number of experiments to ascertain the value of alterative and absorbent injections into the pelvic deposit; and, as the result of these has never been published, he proposes to place it on record now. The memoranda are taken from notes made on the spot by the house surgeons in charge of the cases treated. In all, eleven cases were treated with injections of iodine into the masses of pelvic deposit, — eight with iodine alone, three with a mixture of iodine and biniodide of mercury, the latter ingredient being added on account of well-marked syphilitic complications. The iodine employed was in the form of Lugol’s solution, which was selected because it was believed to be less irritating than the alcoholic solutions. For brevity’s sake, and to present the results obtained as concisely as possible, the salient points only of these cases will be given, all unnecessary details being omitted. Case I. — S. B., aged twenty-eight, single, multipara, admitted September 4, 1878. She had well-marked constitutional syphilis, such as gummata of scalp and lip, tertiary ulceration of the four- chette and perineum, following an initial lesion three years be- fore.