Notes on diseases of women / by James Oliver.

  • Oliver, James
Date:
1888
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Credit: Notes on diseases of women / by James Oliver. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    believe. Its supposed rarity has actually- resulted from a negligence on the part of many to examine microscopically all tumours removed from this organ. The interior of the uterus may be more or less extensively studded with this variety of malignant growth. Sometimes it develops as a distinctly pedun- culated and therefore polypoid tumour. In the early stage of the disease sarcoma is characterised by no marked symptom, and in some cases even, may exist for long in the uterus without attracting the attention of the patient. It is especially liable to appear late in life, about the fifth or sixth decade, when the uterine function has begun to wane, or when the periodically recurring, external manifestation of the same has dis- appeared altogether. The patient usually seeks advice because of irregularly recurring and profuse haemorrhage resulting from the rupture of one or more vessels of some size. Sometimes large clots of blood are expelled from the vagina. Although the initial haemorr- hage may be delayed once it has been ex- perienced, it is exceedingly apt to reappear, and with increasing frequency. The length of time during which there is immunity from loss of blood varies greatly in the same
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