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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    divided between the ligatures and the tumour; the latter, weighing 28 lbs., being immediately removed without impediment from adhesion. No bleeding followed the division of the pedicle, which I tied with great force, having complete confidence in the strength of my ligatures, and believing that the period of their dislodgment depends much on the degree of constriction given to the substance of the pedicle in tying them. Having carefully but gently removed the blood collected at the lower part of the abdomen, and near the edges of the wound which had alone furnished it, I applied thirteen interrupted sutures ; placed long pads of lint on each side, but a little away from the line of the wound, and over these applied strips of plaister, extending from one side of the body to the other, securing the whole by the bandage. Dr. Blundell had previously examined the other ovary, and found it healthy. Nothing could exceed the firmness of my patient's resolution; she had uttered no exclamation. Being now, how- ever, somewhat faintish, she sipped a little brandy and water. After being placed in bed, slight vomit- ing occurred, and a very little brandy by itself was taken. An anodyne of a quarter of a grain of Morph. Acetat. in an ounce and a half of Mist. Camph. was given at about six o'clock, to be repeated in half an hour. I left her after the first had been taken with a pulse of 88. 10 p.m.—Had not slept : retched at nine, and brought up a little of the secretion of the stomach, E