On effusions of blood in the neighbourhood of the uterus, or, The so-called periuterine haematocele : a thesis for the M.D. degree / by Henry M. Tuckwell.
- Tuckwell, Henry M.
- Date:
- 1863
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: On effusions of blood in the neighbourhood of the uterus, or, The so-called periuterine haematocele : a thesis for the M.D. degree / by Henry M. Tuckwell. 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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![No. Age, 30 31 32 32 18 33 34 35 29 28 29 24 Cliild- ren or Miscar- Menstruation be- fore and at time of Attack. 1 child. 1 child. 2 child- ren. 1 child. Previous cessa- tion of menses for three months. Attack during menstrual pe- riod, menses suddenly checked by blow, Sudden cessation of menses from putting hands for long time in cold water, fol- lowed by attack 3 child- ren. 1 child, 3 miscar- riages Previous Health. Good. Menorrhagia for two months be- fore the attack, which came on in the hospital while under treatment for an ulcer of the cer- vix uteri. Profuse one month before the attack, which did not commence at the time of the catamenia. Menorrhagia lasting for a month before the attack com- menced. In the fifth month of preg- nancy. Complete sup- pression for two months before attack; then sud- den and profuse appearance of menstrual dis- charge, and at- tack on same Onset, Sudden or G-radual. Sudden. Sudden. Good. Good. Feeble. Feeble. Good. Good. Sudden. Sudden. Sudden. Sudden. Sudden, Sudden, Sudden, Most marked Symptoms. Tumour detected. Intense pain; sanguineous discharge, becoming especi- ally profuse at succeeding menstrual periods, uterus an- teverted by tumour. Pain, fever ; tumour felt ex- ternally and internally sur- rounding the womb on aU sides. Spontaneous discharge per rectum; death from dysentery. Spontaneous opening per rectum fol- lowed by im- provement ; reappear- ance of men- ses, and sup- pression of same by shock: rigor, vomiting, and death. Pain in lower part of abdo- men. Symptoms of general perito- nitis ; pallor. Sudden attack of syncope no tumour detected. Sudden pain in abdomen, fol lowed by syncope. Sudden pain in abdomen, with syncope; followed by vomiting, coldness of extre mities, and death. Great pain and rapid col- Pain and weight in abdomen, pallor; existence of tumour detected in form of a smaller mass above the pubes, and larger mass behind and to right of uterus. Course of Escape of small quan- tity of blood by puncture; death from general peri- tonitis. Treatmef Expeotak Operatrf &c. I Leeche; kin operatii No opepj] tion. No ope imt: tion. I tf-fo ia(t( No opt kill Puncfl bat: per y'c on twi sions.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22270528_0034.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
