General and differential diagnosis of ovarian tumors : with special reference to the operation of ovariotomy and occasional pathological and therapeutical considerations / by Washington L. Atlee.

  • Atlee, Washington L., 1808-1878.
Date:
1873
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    J. Ewing Mears, M.D., of Philadelphia. For the last three years he has assisted me in many of my operations, and has examined a number of the tumors and their contents. These pathological investigations are incor- porated in this volume, and may be viewed as an original contribution in accord with the spirit of the work. No member of the profession in Philadelphia has labored more assiduously with the author than his own son-in-law, Thomas M. Drysdale, M.D. For many years the examination of the fluids of dropsy has been intrusted to him, and several hundred specimens have undergone careful investigation. Rarely has he failed in identifying the fluid of an ovarian cyst, or in distin- guishing it from every other kind of dropsical fluid. In a few instances he has found a granular cell, resembling the characteristic ovarian cell, in fluid not ovarian; but in these cases the cells were very few in number, and were not affected in the same manner by tests. In sev- eral cases of great difficulty of diagnosis, the author was enabled to arrive at a satisfactory result only by the ex- amination of the fluid. Instances of this kind are noted in the following pages. The diagnostic value of dropsi- cal fluids is so great in the estimation of the author that, in doubtful cases, he is a strong advocate for para- centesis simply as a means of diagnosis. A chapter [XXIV.] therefore, containing the results of Dr. Drys-