Volume 1

Facts and cases in obstetric medicine, with observations on some of the most important diseases incidental to females / By John T. Ingleby.

  • Ingleby, J. T. (John Thomas), 1794-1845.
Date:
1836
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Facts and cases in obstetric medicine, with observations on some of the most important diseases incidental to females / By John T. Ingleby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    140/318 (page 124)
    entered the septum may inflame, discharge its contents, '’ and,the patient recover.* The structures of the ovary may __ have become too disorganised for recovery, the patient sinking at the expiration of a few weeks, or perhaps im- mediately after delivery. The annexed ‘interesting case of labour obstructed by an ovarian abscess, and’ending in death soon after de- livery, was very obligingly communicated to me by my highly respected friend, Mr. J. W. Wilton, one of the sur- geons of the Gloucester Infirmary. Case I.—‘‘ On the 3]st July, 1831, I visited Mrs. M. early in the morning. She had been in labour some hours. On examination, I found a tumour filling the - vagina, which seemed to grow from its upper and pos- terior surface. It seemed to be a solid and fleshy mass, and its magnitude gave me great apprehensions for the result of the labour. I had attended the patient in former labours, when she had always done well, and no such ob- struction had ever till then been met with. The pains were violent, and the head of the child made slow pro- gress in front of the tumour. After more violent and pro- tracted efforts, the child was born in the evening of the same day. Immediately after delivery I examined the vagina; but the tumour had disappeared, and the patient got well as usual without any thing occurring worthy of no- tice. May 9, 1834.—Again attended Mrs. M. in labour. On examining, [ found the tumour as before, and I was * See Davis’ Elements for a case of tumour in the left iliac region, complicated with, but not ‘impeding labour, producing dangerous symptoms and bursting in the vagina on the twenty-seventh day after delivery. The tumour disappeared, and patient recovered. Whether the disease was ovarian or uterine could not be determined.