A first series of fifty-four consecutive ovariotomies : with fifty-three recoveries / by A.C. Butler-Smythe.
- Butler-Smythe, A. C.
- Date:
- 1897
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A first series of fifty-four consecutive ovariotomies : with fifty-three recoveries / by A.C. Butler-Smythe. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Flatus passed fifty hours after the operation. The highest temperature recorded was ioi°. The patient made a rapid convalescence, and was in good health when last heard of in 1894. 23 M. T., a thin, dark-haired woman, aged twenty- four, married, has had five children, the youngest being six months old. The menses appeared at the age of seventeen, and were quite natural. She came to me in March 1891, on account of a swelling, which was discovered soon after her ]ast confinement. It was first noticed in her left side, but there was pain in the opposite side. There were no other symptoms. The abdomen was found to be enlarged to above the umbilicus. There was dulness over the swelling, and fluctuation could be made out. The tumour was in front of the uterus, and was fairly movable; its lower portion could easily be felt per vaginam. The operation was simple. The tumour was adherent to the abdominal parietes, but was ex- tracted without very great difficulty. Drainage was employed, the drainage-tube being removed on the second day. The tumour was a multilocular cystic growth. Flatus passed fifty-two hours after the operation. The highest temperature recorded was ioi4°. The patient made a good recovery.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20389000_0072.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
