Report of forty-one cases of uterine polypi : with remarks / by J. Braxton Hicks.

  • Hicks, J. Braxton (John Braxton), 1823 or 1825-1897.
Date:
[between 1860 and 1869?]
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Credit: Report of forty-one cases of uterine polypi : with remarks / by J. Braxton Hicks. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    extended from the vulva nearly to the umbilicus, and weighed on removal two and a half pounds. Dr. Oldham employed my largest sized wire-rope ecraseur, which was long enough to reach to its neck. It was delivered by the whalebone fillet. She recovered without a single untoward symptom, and left in three weeks after the operation. (This was a case of Dr. Oldham's, and has been published in the f Obst. Trans.') Case 24.—M. G—, set. 58, married. Menses ceased four years before; nine months past she first noticed some haemor¬ rhage, which had continued more or less ever since. A soft polypus, the size of a walnut, protruded through the os uteri; the finger could not reach the point of attachment. She had no loss after its detachment which was done by wire-rope ecraseur. It was the size of a pullet’s egg, and consisted of fibro-cellular elements. She went out in a few days. Case 25.—F. J—•, set. 41. It is not stated whether haemorrhage had occurred. There was a polypus of two and a half inches in diameter, with a small pedicle passing through the os uteri. This was severed by wire-rope ecraseur; no bleeding or untoward symptom succeeding; she went out in fourteen days. Case 26.—M. A. M—, aet. 44, married, exceedingly pale and blanched. For sixteen months before admission had had severe metrorrhagia, which had much reduced her powers. Had pain in back ; but no trouble in defaecation nor in mic¬ turition. A large globular polypus protruded in part through the os uteri, about three inches in diameter. The os uteri could be reached only in front. While she was waiting a few days for the removal, two very profuse arterial floodings came on. It was removed by the wire-rope ecraseur, which effected the severance readily, the pedicle being about two inches in diameter. No bleeding followed. Some watery discharge continued for a short time, and she went out much improved a month after. The nucleus, which was very globular, was like a fibroid
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