The Medical Times And Gazette Vol 28

Excerpt from The Medical Times and Gazette, Vol. 28 We must not omit to mention here another advantage belonging to this operation, - viz., that, through all its steps, the surgeon is enabled to see distinctly what he is about. We observed, that, when the cautery. Was within the vagina, the brilliant in'candescence of the wire sufficed to light up all the surrounding parts, in the clearest possible manner. The after-treatment and progress of these two patients have been almost precisely similar, and destitute of any excepting negative features of interest. During the first fortnight, they were, of course, confined to bed, and, for the first few days, the bowels were allowed to continue costive after which, a few doses of castor oil were given at different times, and constituted the sole medication pursued. Detergent injections were at first used twice daily, and, as the sloughs separated, were replaced by mildly stimulating ones. The ulcers have now healed, and there is in each case, a very decided diminution in the capacity of the vagina. Both women have been allowed, during the last ten days to sit up and move about the ward a little, and in neither has any prolapse yet resulted. It is intended, however, to repeat the operation very shortly on both of the patients; and we shall, at some future time, bring before our readers a further report respecting them.(a) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.