The history and statistics of ovariotomy, and the circumstances under which the operation may be regarded as safe and expedient : being a dissertation to which the prize of the Massachusetts Medical Society was awarded, May 1856 / by George H. Lyman.

  • Lyman, George H. (George Hinckley), 1819-1891
Date:
1856
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Credit: The history and statistics of ovariotomy, and the circumstances under which the operation may be regarded as safe and expedient : being a dissertation to which the prize of the Massachusetts Medical Society was awarded, May 1856 / by George H. Lyman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    48. Bird, F.1 — Mrs. P. ; small incision; tapped; not re- moved; recovered. 49. Bird, F.1 — Small incision; tapped; not removed ; recovered. 50. Bird, F.1 — Miss ; incision of larger size ; not removed ; recovered; lived two years. 51. Bird, F.1 — Mrs. C.; small incision; tapped; not removed ; died in six weeks ; advanced in life. 52. Bird, F.1 — Miss G.; incision ; not removed; reco- vered ; lived over two years. 53. Bird, F.1 — Mrs. B.; incision; tapped; not removed ; recovered, and lived nearly three years. 54. Bird, F.1 — Miss B.; incision; tapped ; not removed ; lived six months. 55. Bird, F.1 —Miss B.; incision ; tapped; not removed ; recovered. 56. Bird, F.1 — A. B.; incision ; tapped; not removed; recovered; tapped several times afterwards. 57. Bird, F.1 — Incision; tapped; not removed; reco- vered, and tapped afterwards. 58. Bird, F.1 — Mrs. S.; incision ; tapped; not removed; recovered; tapped afterwards. 59. Bird, F.1 — Mrs. C.; incision; not removed; after- wards tapped, and died. 60. Bird, F.1 — Miss G.; incision; not removed; died, next day, from rupture of hepatic abscess [which, I infer, was hastened by the operation]. 61. Bird, F.1 — Mrs. C.; small incision; tapped; not removed; afterwards tapped; living more than a year after the operation. 62. Bird, F.1 — S. R.; incision; colloid; not removed ; living ten months afterwards. 63. Bird, F.1 — Mrs. ~W.; small incision; tapped; not removed; recovered; tapped many times afterwards.