The student's guide to the diseases of women / by Alfred Lewis Galabin.
- Galabin, Alfred Lewis, 1843-1913.
- Date:
- 1881
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The student's guide to the diseases of women / by Alfred Lewis Galabin. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![wool soaked in carbolized or iodized glycerine Tl uterus is first restored by one of the methods alread described. A small tampon is then placed behind tl cervix, to prevent the fundus again dropping bl ward ■ a second and larger tampon is adjusted in froi of the cervix in such a way as to press it backwan Ihe tampons should be changed every second da] In the case of retroflexion, however, this method rare! effects more than a very partial restoration. The use of Hodge's pessary may be rendered impJ sible by the presence of one or both prolapsed an tender ovaries, pressure on which cannot be tolerate] Pig. 31,—CuTTer's Pessary for Retroflexion modified by TnosiAS. It is then often necessary to commence with treatment directed to the ovaries, but it is very desirable in such.: cases to restore the uterus, since the ovaries are then elevated at the same time, and a form of pessary mfl sometimes be found by trial whose upper limb resjB between the fundus and the ovary, and does not preSj painfully. A useful form of pessary for cases when the vagina is:](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2042050x_0104.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
