The history of nine cases of ovariotomy / by T. Gaillard Thomas.

  • Thomas, Theodore Gaillard, 1831-1903.
Date:
1869
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Credit: The history of nine cases of ovariotomy / by T. Gaillard Thomas. 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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    solution of morphine injected into the areolar tissue of the arm by the hy2)odermic syringe. After this she slept quietly for between five and six hours. Upon awakening, she suffered slightly from nausea, but this soon passed off, the pulse rose to 96, but never went above it, and on the fourth day the bladder was emptied without the use of the catheter. The diet consisted almost entirely of milk for four days, when animal broths and farina-gruel were added to this. During the entire convalescence, pain and restlessness were quieted by the use of the hypodermic syringe ; and pellets of ice, iced champagne and soda-water were freely given for the relief of the nausea which it created. Seven days after the operation all the stitches were re- moved, except those immediately in contact with the pedicle, and on the eleventh day the patient, contrary to orders, sat up out of bed for a little while during the absence of the nurse. This produced no evil eftect whatever; and on the next day the end of the stump was cut off, two remaining su- tures removed, tlie abdominal bandage tightened, and the patient allowed to sit np for a short time. This was now re- peated every day until she soon walked about the room. At the time of writing this, it is six years since the opera- tion, and I frequently see my patient in my visits to the chil- dren under her charge. She is in perfect health, and has never suffered from the operation, the only vestige of which is, a cicatricial line on the linea alba that is scarcely visible. The fluid discharged from this sac was milky in hue, as I have said, and about six quarts in amount. Tested by heat and nitric acid, it behaved precisely like highly-albuminous urine, and, when rubbed between the fingers, gave the tenacious sensation experienced by smearing them with thin syrup and water. The specific gravity of this fluid Tvas 1012. Case II.—Fibro-cystiG tumor, weighing 17 lbs., rem(yoed by abdominal section ; death from shock in forty ho^irs. Mary M., a native of Ireland, aged about thirty-two years, married eight years, never pregnant, applied to me in Sep- tember, 1864, on account of an abdominal tumor accompanied by profuse menorrhagia. She stated that she had noticed an