Cases of dropsical ovaria removed by the large abdominal section / by D. Henry Walne.

  • Walne, D. Henry (Daniel Henry), 1796-1866.
Date:
1843
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Credit: Cases of dropsical ovaria removed by the large abdominal section / by D. Henry Walne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    only of pus, where the skin was not quite evenly adjusted, but in quantity hardly worth mentioning; the wound, in general, being a cleanly united line, excepting, of course, where the ligatures lay like the threads of a seton, but not yet loosened by any purulent discharge: slight tenderness near them. Pulse 94 : tongue cleaner : eruption subsiding. Complained of nothing but weakness, being remark- ably well for the period of her recovery—one week after the operation. To have some boiled mutton for dinner, with wine and water. Pulse, at night, 88 : urine passed freely: no motion, and the bowels a little uneasy, with a sense of weight in the left iliac region. Capt. Fel. Bov. inspiss. gr. x. h. s. I have detailed the symptoms to this period more particularly than I should otherwise have done, for the purpose of shewing in how promising a manner every thing had hitherto proceeded. On the 7th of June she had passed an indifferent night ; and there was considerable uneasiness in the left iliac region, with one tender spot feeling like an intestine in a state of contraction. She had a copious motion in the morning, with partial relief. Instead of meat, took some sago pudding for dinner, which she enjoyed. Was free from sickness, but com- plained more than hitherto of pain, attributing it to flatulency, though there was no abdominal dis- tension. R Extr. Hyoscyam.; Fel. Bov. inspiss. aa. gr. v.; Aloes Barbad. gr. j. M. Ft. pil. iij. statim sumend.