Fibroid tumours of the uterus complicating pregnancy : a record of personal experience / by Charles J. Cullingworth.

  • Cullingworth, Charles J. (Charles James), 1841-1908.
Date:
1901
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Credit: Fibroid tumours of the uterus complicating pregnancy : a record of personal experience / by Charles J. Cullingworth. 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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    Reprinted from Vol. XXVIII of ^ St. Tho mas’s Hospital Heports.’] CK.-C-- V. ’vr V- HBEOID TUMOUES OF.>THE UTEEUS COMPLICATING PEEGNANCY: A RECORD OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. By CHARLES J. CULLINGWORTH, M.D., OBSTETEIC PHYSICIAN TO ST. THOMAs’s HOSPITAL. So much stress has been laid upon the often very serious character of fibroid tumours as a complication of pregnancy, that considerable apprehension is apt to be excited in the mind of the practitioner whenever a pregnant woman is known to have one or more of these undesirable possessions. Whatever be their size, relations, or position, lie pictures to himself all sorts of formidable difficulties, if not actually during the pregnancy, at any rate during labour. I believe most men would prefer to be confronted in their obstetric practice with a case of marked pelvic contraction than with T case of uterine fibroids. There is a degree of uncertainty Ts to the behaviour of the latter that increases the dread vvith which their presence is almost invariably regarded. It is obvious, however, that it is only under certain circum- Btances that the presence of fibroids is likely to prove for- midable, and my chief aim in this communication is to dlay unnecessary fears and to show that this complication foes not necessarily portend disaster. With this object in view, I shall commence with a brief sketch of some cases ;hat have come under my own observation, in which the iears expressed during pregnancy with regard to the prob- ible effect of the fibroids upon the course of labour proved