Five cases of ovariotomy / by J.W. Elliot.

  • Elliot, John Wheelock, 1862-1925.
Date:
[1885]
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Credit: Five cases of ovariotomy / by J.W. Elliot. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    r Itmrinted from lioston Medical and Surgical .Townml of Januarji ‘JO, 18S6.'] FIVE CASES OF OVARIOTOMY.' BY J. W. ELLIOT, M.D., Assistant Surgeon in the Free Hospital for Women. Cask I. was referred to me b}' Dr. J. J. Minot. Mrs. S., widow, aged thirtv-tAvo; had one child fiA'e years old. She complained of an enlarged abdomen, irregular catamenia, and constipation. She had first noticed a slight abdominal enlargement one year before. It had grown rapidly of late and was unfitting her for work. Her general health Avas poor. The tumor was quite large, filling nearly the AAdiole abdomen. It was fluctuating and could easily be felt in Douglas’s fossa pushing the uterus up behind the pubes. The right broad ligament AAas Amry resistant. At the operation a large part of the tumor was easily remoAmd, but one cyst-chamber and a mass of solid matter were deeply and firmly inbedded betAveen the folds of the right broad ligament. This part of the tumor Avas with ditliculty enuclea- ted, the peritonmum being extensi\-ely lacerated. The whole broad ligament formed the pedicle and was ligatured close to the uterus in tAA’o separate parts. The left ovary being enlarged Avas also re- moved. Drs.\Cabot, Watson, Strong, and Kennedy kindly assisted me. Dr. Baker Avas present. The patient made a good recovery. The stitches were removed on the tenth da}^, Avhen the wound Avas > Reuil at the Surgical Section of the Suffolk Dibti-ict Medicjil Society, January 7,1^.
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