Case of amputation of the neck of the womb followed by pregnancy : with remarks on the pathology and radical treatment of the cauliflower excrescence from the os uteri / by James Y. Simpson.

  • Simpson, James Young, 1811-1870.
Date:
1841
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Credit: Case of amputation of the neck of the womb followed by pregnancy : with remarks on the pathology and radical treatment of the cauliflower excrescence from the os uteri / by James Y. Simpson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    after the excision of the diseased part) the patient remained per¬ fectly well. In the case of Mrs C. which I have above reported, I under¬ took the amputation of the diseased part with, as has been already said, strong doubts as to its ultimate success. The patient’s peace of mind was broken, and her constitution was so rapidly break¬ ing down under the constant, profuse, and weakening discharges which afflicted her, that she would in all probability have soon sunk under them. Immediately after the operation was performed these discharges completely ceased, and have never since returned. Her health and strength have been in the meantime restored to her; and she is at the present moment, as I have already shown, advan¬ ced beyond the middle period of pregnancy. The morbid cha¬ racters of the diseased structure that I removed are such certain¬ ly as to render its future regeneration not at all improbable; but as yet there are no local appearances of its return ; and,-—taking the very worst view of the case,—-there seems to be no reasonable doubt but that the operation has restored the bodily comfort, and prolonged the life of the patient, if it has not entirely freed her from the risk of a future return of the disease. PRINTED BY JOHN STARK, OLD ASSEMBLY CLOSE, EDINBURGH*