Cases requiring abdominal operations in the service of Dr. J.F.W. Ross at the Toronto General Hospital during the summer of 1891.

  • Ross, James Frederick William, 1856-1911.
Date:
1892
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Credit: Cases requiring abdominal operations in the service of Dr. J.F.W. Ross at the Toronto General Hospital during the summer of 1891. 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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    index finger into the abdomen, but the patient made an unin- terrupted recovery. The fact that certain operators with extreme views have certain results is no proof that the results are in any way due to the extreme views. With the same experience and dex- terity, and less extreme views, I am certain that they would attain as great success without half the amount of fuss and hospital expenditure. German operators are wedded to their own ideas, and many of the younger men from England and America accept them as religiously correct, while the old and successful operators laugh at them as superfluous. It is so easy to attribute results to the wrong cause. Ex- treme views are like eccentricities—they mark out the man who holds them. This eminence is valuable; it attracts and hypnotizes students and practitioners, and brings grist to the mill. A few years ago the surgeon who did not use the spray was soon tabooed and his clientele fell away from him. Within our own memory the spray has come and gone again ; the lightning fluid from heaven descended on us for a time, as it did in days long past, and it has left a “ dream” of inac- curate observations behind it; the cure for tubercle has sunk into oblivion, and we are ready to grasp the next innovation, no matter how illogical. The following is a resume of my cases and methods: Cystic ovaries and salpingitis, puerperal 3 “ “ “ “ tubercular 1 Pyo-salpinx, gonorrheal 6 “ puerperal 1 Appendicitis 1 Ruptured tubal pregnancy 1 Porro’s operation 1 Ovarian cyst (twisted pedicle) 1 Multilocular ovarian cyst 1 Encysted peritoneal abscess, puerperal 1 Salpingo-obphorectomy for myoma of uterus... 1 Exploratory 3 21 Recovered 20 Died ]