The dull wire curette in gynecological practice / by Paul F. Mundé.

  • Paul F. Mundé
Date:
[1878]
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Credit: The dull wire curette in gynecological practice / by Paul F. Mundé. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    retroverted. Ergot, etc., ineffectual. 17th February 1876, curette, placental fragments. Iodine. 21st, no haemorrhage. Discharged cured. 7. F. F., 38 years, married, seven children. Flowing since last delivery four months before. Februrary 1876, curette, placental villosities and vegetations. Iodine. Cure. 8. F. M., 26, married, five children. Flowing since six weeks, probably miscarriage. 23d Oct. 1876, curette, placental villosities. Iodine. Cure. 9. F. M., 40, married, ten children. Menorrhagia for four years. External os gaping. 1st Nov. 1876, curette, but no vegetations nor other cause for haemorrhage found. No reaction. Finally cured by repeated intrauterine application of tr. iodine. 10. B. G-., 23, married five years, sterile. Chronic endometritis; profuse muco-sanious discharge and menorrhagia every three weeks, lasting seven days, for nearly one year. Iodine and tannin to endometrium ineffectual. 5th Dec. 1876, curette, large number of polypoid vegetations removed. Iodine. Cure. 11. S. V., 25, married, one miscarriage. Anteflexion ; cervical canal patulous ; bloody discharge. Menorrhagia since miscarriage, two months previously. Curette, without discovering placental fragments. Cured by iodine locally, frequently repeated. 12. H. M., 24, widow, one child. Profuse menstruation. Uterus three inches deep. Chronic endometritis. Long ineffectual local treatment by iodine, ferri persulph., etc. 13th Feb. 1877, curette, over one dozen vegetations removed. Iodine repeated at intervals of one week for several weeks. Cure of endometritis and menor¬ rhagia. 13. K. K., 33, married, four children, six miscarriages ; last four months previously. Probable retention of portion of placenta. Since miscarriage profuse menstruation, lasting sixteen days. 1st March 1877, curette, large number of placental villosities and poly¬ poid vegetations removed. Tr. iodine. Cure. 14. Mrs T., 35 years, multipara. Patient of Dr L. Weber. De¬ puted miscarriage in third month six weeks before ; no physician present. Since then flowing profusely, and quite exsanguinated when seen in consultation, 23d March 1877. Had been curetted once before, but flowing still continued. Uterus enlarged, cervical canal wide open, blood oozing from gaping os. Wire curette, re¬ moval of nearly half a cupful of placental villosities, some as large as a bean. Tr. iodine. No further haemorrhage. Eapid recovery. 15. A. B., 30, married, three children, one miscarriage six months before. Uterus three inches deep, anteflexed. Since miscarriage profuse menstruation every two to three weeks, with offensive coagula. 15tli March 1877, curette, large number of placental shreds and vegetations. Iodine plug. 10th April, slight muco¬ purulent discharge ; otherwise well. Last menstruation normal.
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