Pathology and treatment of diseases of women.

  • August Martin
Date:
1912
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Credit: Pathology and treatment of diseases of women. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Uncomplicated retroflexions only rarely induce me to make a vaginal Operation. In the proportion ot 1 to 10, I operate in cases of perimetritis adhesiva and adnexal diseases, during which I free the uterus from the deviation and place it in a normal Position. For this purpose I prefer the vagino-fixaiicn since 1894 82 (Figs. 58, 59, 60, 61). Fig. 58.'—Colpotomia Anterior. The ante- rior vaginal wall has been detached from the bladder, which is plainly contrasted Fig. 59.—Colpotomia Anterior. Open- from the cervix as a thick protrusion. ing the plica vesico-uterina. Execution of Vagino-Fixation.—Position of the patient, see Figs. 33 and 34 (pages 47 and 48). With a narrow vagina Schuchardt’s para- vaginal accessory incision. Abrasio mucosae corporis and cauterization of cavum with liq. ferri perchlor. Continuous irrigation with sterile water at 32° C. = 89.6° F. Stretching of the anterior vaginal wall by pulling down the portio vaginalis with Orthmann’s sound forceps and 1 These figures are dräwn after preparations on the Operation phantom, shaving the vulva was consequently overlooked.