Three cases of removal of the ovaries and Fallopian tubes (Tait's operation) / by W.W. Keen.

  • William Williams Keen
Date:
1885
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Credit: Three cases of removal of the ovaries and Fallopian tubes (Tait's operation) / by W.W. Keen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REMOVAL OF THE OVARIES AND FALLOPIAN TUBES (TAIT'S OPERATION). By W. W. KEEN, M.D., PROFESSOR OF SURGERY IN THE WOMAN'S MEDICAL COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND SENIOR SURGEON TO ST. MART'S HOSPITAL, PHILADELPHIA. [Eead November 4, 1885.] The following cases are put upon record as a con- tribution to an important operation, the usefulness ol which is assured in certain cases, but the limitations of which have not yet been perfectly well defined. Case I. Uterine Myoma; Excessive Hemorrhage and Anaemia; Tait's Operation; Recovery, and Cure.—Mrs. L., of New Jersey, set. 42 ; married at twenty-eight; two children—the last born ten years ago; each eleven pounds ; normal labors ; no miscai-riages ; absolutely well and strong till three years ago, when her periods became gradually more prolonged and profuse. Now she is unwell three weeks out of every four, and the flow is often so severe as to saturate a napkin every fifteen minutes, besides large clots of blood. She is thoroughly blanched, weak, and ansemio. November 25,1881. Sent to me for consultation by Dr. Hollings- head. A tumor is visible in the hypogastrium the moment she lies down, and the abdomen is exposed; sound enters 6 J inches. The