Three hundred and eighty-four laparotomies for various diseases : with tables showing the results of the operations and the subsequent history of the patients. A resumé of the writer's experience in abdominal surgery during the last fifteen years / By John Homans.

  • Homans, John, 1836-1903
Date:
1887
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Credit: Three hundred and eighty-four laparotomies for various diseases : with tables showing the results of the operations and the subsequent history of the patients. A resumé of the writer's experience in abdominal surgery during the last fifteen years / By John Homans. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    K Date. Age. Sox. Cause of Operation. T,.l.e„.. Be.„,.. REMARKS. B., ..... « Female. IntCBlmftl olistniction, ciinacd by Cancer of the df months after ovariotomy. euding colon, aeven AniBcial anue in pubic region. Recovered. Very corafortnble for nearly a year. Died of general abdon inal Cancer, November, 1 .. July 10, lSS-2. Inteslinal ol.atri.cliou, cauaed l.y Cancer of the dt^t splenic region. ending colon, in the Artificial anus in creciil region. Died. Patient very stout. Weather very hot. . ..... .,,»«. . Male. Inleetiual obstnicliou, cauaed by a baud from a JIo .1W,„„,.1U,. Artlficiiil anus in umbiliciil region. Great relief for a week. Case described by Prof. FlTZ, in t lie American Journal of l.e>...,S*,..,..V0,.el„.p.». April 3, ISSa. 61 .e..,e, Intcatinal obstruction, cansed by strangulation of tiit the cicatrix of ovariotomy. intesUne at the site of Artificial anus at site of old cicatrbc. Described in text. Laj^arotomy on account of Peri-typlilitic Abscess. .S„. Bale. Cauaeof Operation, Treatment. Result. REMARKS. ' Jan 11, IS.. Peri-typhlitic abHcesa and peritonitis. Lap arotomy in right iliolumbar region. Recovered. Well and hearty in 1887. Laparotomy for Pyosalpinx and Suppuration in Ovaries and Tubes. 1.0. Ba,„. Ago. Cause of Oper.illon. Keault. REMARKS. ' May 21, 3380. Doc. 0. 1886. 22 Double pyo-aalpiux and abscesHca iu both ovaries (gonorHxcal]. Suppurating tubo-ovarian cyst, with general old pelvic peritonitis. Died. Both ovaries filled with absceeaea, and adherent. The right tube could not be diatinguiebed. Many ligatureB or rather many knots. Ligature discharged seveu months later. Pelvic organs presaed together, and only right Fallopian tube and uterua distinguishable. Laparotomy for long-standing Pehdc Abscess. So. Date. A.e. Sex. OaufiQ of Operation. Result. B.MAKKS. ^ Aug. 20, 1885. ,0 Female. Pelvic Abscess f s probably tubercular. Recovered. Improved by operation, -which consisted of paasing an India •rubber drainage-tube from the pnbic regi July 0, 18B0. n through pelvis and rec urn, and o ut through the a f general tu bcrculoslfl