Suspension of the uterus / by Howard A. Kelly.

  • Howard Atwood Kelly
Date:
1895
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Suspension of the uterus / by Howard A. Kelly. 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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    A young woman came under my care three years ago, through the courtesy of Dr. I. E. Atkinson of this city. She had been bed-ridden for four years, most of which time she had spent in a hydropathic establishment securing imaginary improvements. She was a typical hysterical neurasthenic, as she lay drawn up in bed, with a miserable pinched look, ap- ---- - <>• Fig.2.—Elevator in and hand holding uterus in place while first stitch is passed through posterior surface of fundus. parently oblivious, but really taking in all that was going on about her. She had that peculiar expression which is so easily read and which forbids any appeal to reason and high moral grounds as out of the question. The only tangible trouble was a retroflexion, with tenderness and marked disturbances at each monthly period.
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