A case of complete inversion of the uterus, nearly of twelve years' duration, successfully treated / by W. Tyler Smith.

  • Smith, W. Tyler (William Tyler), 1815-1873.
Date:
1858
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Credit: A case of complete inversion of the uterus, nearly of twelve years' duration, successfully treated / by W. Tyler Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A CASE OF COMPLETE INVERSION OF THE UTERUS, OF NEARLY TWELVE YEARS’ DURATION, SUCCESSFULLY TREATED. BY W. TYLER SMITH, M.D., PHYSICIAN-ACCOUCHEUlt TO, AND LECTURER ON MIDWIFERY AT, ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL. Received Dec. -31st, 1857.—Read April 13tli, 1858. The tenth, and thirty-fifth volumes of the f Medico- Chirurgical Transactions* contain the histories of two cases of inversion of the uterus occurring after parturition; the first by Mr. John Windsor, of Manchester, and the second by Mr. Gregory Forbes. In one of these cases extirpation was effected, and the patient recovered; in the other, palliative measures were resorted to, and the patient died of exhaustion eighteen months from the date of delivery. These cases are scarcely more interesting or remarkable than that which is the subject of the present paper, and as the latter illustrates a new method of treating this for¬ midable affection, I have ventured to bring it before the notice of the Society. Hitherto, inversion of the uterus has generally been