Supplement to a paper entitled Further observations on the structure and treatment of uterine polypi, published in volume XLIV of the 'Medico-chirurgical transactions' / by Robert Lee.

  • Robert Lee
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1863
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Credit: Supplement to a paper entitled Further observations on the structure and treatment of uterine polypi, published in volume XLIV of the 'Medico-chirurgical transactions' / by Robert Lee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SUPPLEMENT TO A PAPER ENTITLED FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON THE STRUCTURE AND TREATMENT OF UTERINE POLYPI, PUBLISHED IN THE XLIY VOLUME OF THE f MEDICO- CHIRURGICAL TRANSACTIONS/ BY ROBERT LEE, M.D., E.R.S. Received Feb. 10th.—Read May 23rd, 1865. The paper to which reference has been made concludes with the following statement: “By an examination of this condensed] history of 105 cases of uterine polypi it will be seen that of the last 50 cases which have come under my own care, and in which the operation for the removal of the polypi has been performed by me, not one patient has died. The various methods of treatment, having been minutely described in the histories of the cases, do not require to be again detailed. “ Being fully aware that the greater number of large uterine polypi are fibrous tumours covered with the lining membrane and a portion of the muscular coat, and that