Abdominal sections in the Western Infirmary from 1894 till 1897 / with remarks by Murdoch Cameron, M.D., F.F.P.S.G., Regius Professor of Midwifery in the University of Glasgow; Physician for Diseases of Women, Western Infirmary.

  • Cameron, Murdoch.
Date:
[1897?]
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Credit: Abdominal sections in the Western Infirmary from 1894 till 1897 / with remarks by Murdoch Cameron, M.D., F.F.P.S.G., Regius Professor of Midwifery in the University of Glasgow; Physician for Diseases of Women, Western Infirmary. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    nioant only the removal of the tumour, but which may now include the removal of the entire uterus, either for myoma, sarcoma, or cancer. The following cases are illustrative of the necessity and success of such a procedure. Case 25. Mrs. C., aged 36, was admitted to the Western Infirmary, under my care on July 16th, 1895, complaining of great distension of the abdomen. The patient considered herself about five months pregnant, but as the abdomen was so much distended she consulted me regarding her condition. She stated that she had always enjoyed the best of health until the spring of the present year, that menstruation commenced at the age of 15 and continued perfectly normal and regular until February, 1895, that she had been married for about two vears, and had had no children and no miscarriages. About eight years ago the patient noticed for the first time, and cpiite by accident, a swelling in the left iliac region. It was about the size of a hen’s egg when she first felt it. For a month or two it increased in size slightly, then ceased growing, and remained stationary until she became pregnant at the end of February. On February 19th she menstruated for the last time. Three or four weeks afterwards she began to be troubled with morning sickness, and about the middle of June she felt foetal movements for the first time. She was cpiite satisfied that she was pregnant: but what troubled her was the fact that her abdomen became so rapidly distended. It was, however, during the six or seven weeks previous to her admission into hospital that the distension seemed to increase most rapidly. Her general condition on admission was not very satis- factory. There was great oedema of the legs and thighs, but apparently no ascites. There was some dyspnoea. The mucous membranes were of a good colour. She had no difficulty in passing urine, but her bowels had been very constipated. There was nothing abnormal in the lungs and heart; milk could be expressed from both breasts. The abdomen was much distended, presenting the appearance of a pregnancy at full time. It measured 37 inches at the level of the umbilicus. On palpitating the abdominal tumours, a large smooth, round, hard swelling was found to occupy the left side.