A further statement of the case of Elizabeth Thompson : upon whom the Caesarean operation was performed in the Manchester Lying-In Hospital : in addition to that published by Mr. Wood, in the Memoirs of the Medical Society of London, vol. 5th / By Charles White, and Richard Hall, ... and George Tomlinson, and John Thorp.

  • White, Charles, 1728-1813.
Date:
1799
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Credit: A further statement of the case of Elizabeth Thompson : upon whom the Caesarean operation was performed in the Manchester Lying-In Hospital : in addition to that published by Mr. Wood, in the Memoirs of the Medical Society of London, vol. 5th / By Charles White, and Richard Hall, ... and George Tomlinson, and John Thorp. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Manchest€i‘^ Novcmler 1799a A further Statement:. &c. &c» As a difference of opinion has taken place before the public, betwixt two Medical Gentlemen, on the subject of a case of Caesarean Operation, lately performed in the Lyin«--in Hospital in Manchester; and the facts of it being variously represented by them; the Men-midwives of that Institution feel it their duty to the profession, to state their* opinion, and the circumstances, of this interesting case. On Monday the 24th of June last, about one o’clock P. M. Mr. White received a letter from Mr. Ogden, a Surgeon at Ashton-under-Line. See note (a) together %vith Mr. White''s answer. About two o'clock, Elizabeth Thompson w^as brought to tlie Lying-in Hospital, (b) and as soon as she arrived, Mrs. Turner, the Matron, and Midwife, sent for Mr. Wood, the Man-midwife in Ordinary, for the week, who saw her about three o’clock. He, finding the case a very difficult and dangerous one, desired a consultation, when the Men- midwives Extraordinary, and in Ordinary were immediately sent for; four of whom attended. Mr. Nanfan was at Buxton. Mr. White was gone a few miles out of town but a messenger was dispatched after him, to request his attendance. He immediately came to town, and arrived at the Hospital about half past eight o’clock; where he found Messrs. Hall, Tomlinson, Wood, and Thorp. After having examined the poor woman; their opinions were taken separately, and given in to Mr. Wood, without any previous com- munication w'ith each other ; when they w'ere unanimous, that the Pelvis wms so much dis- torted, that none of them could perceive either the child, the Os Tincee, or any part ihe Uterus \ that nothing but the Caesarean Operation, could give any chance, either,., to the mother, or the child, and, that, no time ought to be lost in performing it. The Pulse then beat 120 strokes in a minute. The plan, laid for the operation, was, to pay no regard to the Epigastric Artery, as it could be of no consequence in a large Wound, to men accustomed to perform operations,, and who knew the use of the Needle and Tenaculum. The place of election for the incision^,