A practical treatise on the diseases of the sexual organs of women / by F.W. von Scanzoni ... Tr. from the French of Drs. H. Dor and A. Socin, and annotated ... by Augustus K. Gardner.

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Scanzoni von Lichtenfels
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[1861]
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    the cavity of the womb by means of a silver syringe, as described in our Causes and Curative Treatment of Sterility, but the metritis or uterine colic which fol- lowed so frequently, accompanied by such serious symptoms, sometimes apparently threatening the life of the patient, made us gladly seize upon a substitute possessing all the advantages without any of the inconveniences and dangers of the former. This we found in the use of ointments, which by means of a canula and piston were pushed into the cavity of the womb. The operation is very simple. The entire in- strument is about a foot in length, consisting of a hol- low tube of German silver or hard rubber, to which is fitted a piston. Withdrawing the piston, the tube is loaded with as much ointment as may be desired by plunging the extremity forcibly into it. The piston is then inserted up to the ointment. Guiding the instrument thus loaded by the index finger, it is passed through the os uteri into the cavity of the womb. By pressing on the piston the ointment is left in the womb, causing little, if any, disturbance, local or general. We append two formulae for ointment to be Fig. 20.-In-fh „ prI . tra-uterlne lI1Uto UbtîU • ointment syringe. R Argent, nitratis, Ext. belladon., Ung. spermacet., 5ij. I R Plumbi acet., 5ij. 5j. Morph. sulph., grs. iv. 9ij. Butr. cacao, §ss. I 01. olivse, q. s.] Bibliography.—Hardy, De l'emploi des caustiques dans le traitement des affec- tions du col et de l'utérus. Thèse. Paris, 1838.—Filhos, Consider, pratiq. sur les affect, du col de la matrice. Rev. méd. chir., 1847. Nov.—Chomel, Ann. de thér. 1846. April.—Pichard, Des ulcérations et des ulcères du col, etc. Thèse. Paris, 1848.—Robert, Des affect, granuleuses, ulcéreuses et carcinomateuses du col, etc. Thèse. Paris, 1848.—Chassaignac, Bull, de thér. 1848. Dec.—Forget, Etud. prat. du col de la matrice. Paris, 1849.—Simpson, Iuflamm. Eruptions upon the Mucous Membrane of the Cervix Uteri. Monthly JoUrn. April, 1850, p. 386.
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