Supplement to a paper entitled Further observations on the structure and treatment of uterine polypi, published in volume XLIV of the 'Medico-chirurgical transactions' / by Robert Lee.

  • Lee, Robert, 1793-1877.
Date:
1863
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Credit: Supplement to a paper entitled Further observations on the structure and treatment of uterine polypi, published in volume XLIV of the 'Medico-chirurgical transactions' / by Robert Lee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    sloughing state they were forcibly drawn out of the vagina with different kinds of forceps and hooks, and their roots divided with a knife or scissors if they had not previously been divided by the ligature. Of these fifteen cases con¬ tained in this table not one died. If these fifteen be added to the fifty cases previously reported it will appear that of sixty-five cases of polypus of the uterus which have come under my care, and been operated upon by me, not one has died. Thirteen of the cases now reported occurred in Burton Ward, St. George's Hospital. For the tabular view of these cases I am indebted to Mr. Smith, late obstetric-assistant, who has filled the office during two years in the most efficient manner.