On the treatment of rupture of the female perineum : immediate and remote / by George Granville Bantock.
- Bantock, George Granville, 1837-1913.
- Date:
- 1888
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: On the treatment of rupture of the female perineum : immediate and remote / by George Granville Bantock. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.
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![relieved by discharge. On examination I found at the lower end of the right labium the orifice of a sinus, which led to- wards the centre of the perineum, and per rectum, the point of the probe could be felt just under the mucous membrane. In the centre of the fossa navicularis there is another opening which leads directly into the rectum. At the point of emergence of the probe there is an opening capable of admitting the tip of the index finger. January \^th.—I divided the perineum in the line of the centra] sinus, through the sphincter, and laid open the sinus on the right side, as well as two sacculated cavities in the vaginal wall, freely dividing all hardened tissues. The general cavity thus laid open, was stuffed with lint wet with, a solution of sulphurous acid (1 to 6). After some weeks the patient left the hospital with the parts well healed, but I did not deem it advisable to proceed to the restoration of the perineum until all danger of any unhealthy tissue remaining was well past. She was re-admitted on May 11th, and I operated on her next day. The perineum was prepared and restored as in fig. 12, with six sutures in the rectum and five in the perineum. 4th day—Bowels well moved by means of pil. coloc. c. hyoscy. (one gr. of each in three doses). 8th day— Three sutures removed; beginning to eat. Perineum washed with sulphurous acid and kept dry. 10th day—Menses ap- peared. 13th day—Two remaining perineal sutures removed, perineum looking well. 14th day—Out of bed. 16th day— Gone home with perineum well healed and firm.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21520161_0071.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
