The diagnosis, pathology and treatment of diseases of women : including the diagnosis of pregnancy / by Graily Hewitt.

  • Hewitt, Graily, 1828-1893.
Date:
1868
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Credit: The diagnosis, pathology and treatment of diseases of women : including the diagnosis of pregnancy / by Graily Hewitt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cystic Affections of the OvxIry and Broad Ligaments.—Hydatid Cysts—Cysts of the Broad Ligaments (Wolffian Cysts).—Ovarian Cysts Proper.—General Characters—Origin—Varieties of Arrange- ment: Simple, Secondary, Tertiary, Multiple, Composite—Cysto-sar- coma. Alveolar, Adenoid, or Glandular Tumor—Cysto-carcinoma, Dermoid—Shape and Consistence of Cysts—Their Lining and Contents —Dermoid Cysts: Nature and Structure—Compound and Composite Ovarian Tumors : Structure and Contents—Solid Tumors of the Ovary enumerated—Natural History of Ovarian Tumors and Ovarian Dropsy as Data for Prognosis and Treatment —Mode in which Life is destroyed —Complications with Pregnancy—Special Consideration of the Prog- nosis of Ovarian Dropsy—Examination of Dr. Kobert Lee's and Mr. Safford Lee's Cases. Treatment of Ovarian Tumors and Dropsy.—General Treatment— Ovariotomy; Statistics of Ovariotomy; Objections to the Operation considered—Indications and Contraindications for the Operation—De- scription of the Operation—Tapping ; Indications ; Mode of performing the Operation—Tapping followed by Pressure—Tapping followed by Iodine Injections—Tapping from the Yagina, 590 CHAPTEK XVIII. diseases of the fallopian tubes. Tumors of the Fallopian Tubes, Fibroid, Tuberculous—Cyst Formations —Distension of the Tube with Fluid—Distension of the Tube with Blood—Puriform Accumulations in the Tubes—Fallopian Pregnancy.— Treatment, 644 CHAPTEPv XIX. diseases of the perineum and vulva. Rupture of the Perineum : Treatment of Recent and of Old Cases; Oper- ation described—Adhesion of Labia; Treatment—Elephantiasis of Vulva —Hypertrophy of Labia and Nymphse—Anasarca of Labia or Nymphse —Hypertrophy^ of the Clitoris—Condylomata, Warty Excrescences of the Vulva; Removal—Lupus of the Vulva—Cancer of External Genera- tive Organs ; Treatment—Abscess of Labia and Boils—Blood-Tumor of the Vulva—Fibrous, Fatty, and Encysted Tumors of the Vulva; Treat- ment—Hernia of the Labia and Ovary—Various forms of Inflammation of the Vulva ; Treatment—Vulvitis in Children—Pruritus of the Vulva ; Treatment, 647 CHAPTER XX. DISEASES OF THE VAOINA. Congenital Defects : Absence of the Vagina; Double Vagina; Vagina Im- perfect—Stricture of the Vagina—Extreme Narrowness—Various unu- sual Conditions of the Hymen—Menstrual Retention associated with Im- perforate Hymen—Treatment of Defects and Occlusions of the Vagina.