Cases of dropsical ovaria removed by the large abdominal section / D. Henry Walne.
- Walne, Daniel Henry.
- Date:
- 1843
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Cases of dropsical ovaria removed by the large abdominal section / D. Henry Walne. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![course of the day. I visited her four times, and the pulse was noted at each of the visits twice; the catheter, except at mid-day, being used between making the first and second note. 9 A.M. 2 P.M. 9 P.M. 122 P.M. Ist trial 91 92 96 84 2nddo. 88 9] 92 84 Four ounces of urine only withdrawn in the morn- ing. J was induced by this circumstance to omit the use of the catheter at 2 o’clock. In the evening I received two messages, and at 9 o’clock found her very uneasy, with a strong desire to pass urine and stool, but afraid to make any effort. The catheter and an enema of warm water afforded great relief: flatus passed from the bowels, and six ounces of urine were withdrawn. Vomiting and occasional eructation of wind had occurred. She had changed her posture in bed several times, and was not easily restrained from making imprudent sudden movements in her state of uneasiness. During my 9 o'clock visit this was very much the case, and after one of her move- ments of this kind she became alarmed by feeling something hot on the skin of the abdomen. On examination I found serum trickling down the skin from the wound. I afterwards suspected that the ligatures, which had been left out about two inches from the pubic end of the wound, must have been pulled a little way within it at this juncture, as the ends were not visible when I made my first dressing. Being very much relieved by what had been done for her, and the anodyne having been repeated, at](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33096909_0025.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
