A brief account of the application and uses of the utero-abdominal supporter : a new instrument for the relief and cure of procidentia and prolapsus uteri / patented by A.G. Hull.

  • Hull, Amos Gift, 1775-1835.
Date:
1837
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A brief account of the application and uses of the utero-abdominal supporter : a new instrument for the relief and cure of procidentia and prolapsus uteri / patented by A.G. Hull. 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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    2)erineim sometimes losing so much of its muscular and organic contractility, as even when the down- ward forces are stayed by the Hypogastric Pad, not to resume its natural dimensions and situation. In cases of this character, although the abdominal support of the Apparatus does certainly relieve many of the distressing sensations of the patient, yet the distended floor of the pelvis remains a cul do sac for the reception of the viscera^ v»'henever that Apparatus is removed for a length of time. To obviate this liability, as also to give tone to the vagina by the stimulus of mechanical pressure, thereby to diminish its calibre and restore it to its Jiaturai situation, the Doctor applies against the ■perineum, externally, a prism shaped cushion or block, (made of sponge firmly encased in cloth;) this being held in its place by an elastic strap passing between the thighs and over the perineal region, in the manner of a T bandage. This peri- neal wedge, cushion, or block, with its elastic strap, rising and sinking in perfect accordance with the respiratory motions of the diaphragm and abdomi- nal walls, and under all circumstances keeping up an equal, firm, and to the patient, agreeable pres- sure upward, is, in all respects, a most admirable substitute for any and all of the intervaginal pessa- ries of our existing surgery. Pessaries are liable to so many objections, a few of which are of a very serious character, that most physicians of sufficient acumen and experience to distrust the rules and routine of the books have almost totally given over their application.