Contributions to the surgical treatment of tumors of the abdomen. Part II. Electricity in the treatment of uterine tumours / by Thomas Keith and Skene Keith.

Keith Skene, 1858-1919.

Date:: 1889

Credit: Contributions to the surgical treatment of tumors of the abdomen. Part II. Electricity in the treatment of uterine tumours / by Thomas Keith and Skene Keith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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$\2th August.—80 milliamperes for 5 minutes. She thinks that she can vvall< a little more easily. The period is over, and was much the same as usual ; no better, and not any worse. There is now room to pass the finger up to the cervix. \6tJi August.—40 milliamperes for 5 minutes. Walks more easily. The tumour is more movable, and is smaller and more lobulated. 20th August.—40 milliamperes for 5 minutes. iWi August.—The period came on without any pain ; there was more bleeding, and the catheter had not to be used. This has been the most easy time for many years. 2nd September.—45 milliamperes for 7 minutes. ^th „ 40 „ „ 7i „ 20th „ 40 „ „ 7\ „ There is now marked decrease in the size of the tumour. 26t/i September.—40 milliamperes for 'j\ minutes. xyth October. —40 „ „ 'j\ „ There was much less flow this time ; it was bad for one day only. However, the catheter was required. The tumour is now free of the ribs. 2dfth October. —60 milliamperes for 5 minutes. <^th November.—70 „ » 7i )> There has been rather more flow again, but the catheter was not required. The tumour continues to diminish in size ; it can be pushed about, and has become very much lobulated. \6th November.—40 milliamperes for ']\ minutes. 24M „ 40 7\ loth „ 70 „ „ 7i 16//;/rt;;^. 1888.—125 „ „ 10 The period was passed through without pain, discomfort, or retention. 26th January.—150 milliamperes for 5 minutes.$