A case of inverted uterus / by A. Hamilton.

  • Hamilton, Alexander, 1739-1802.
Date:
1791
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A case of inverted uterus / by A. Hamilton. 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.

    4/16 (page 318)
    and along with it the vagina, were completely inv rted. rI he date of the unfortunate patient was highly alarming : her pulfe was fcarcely per- ceptible, and (he had clammy fweats, attended with fainting. In Short, from every fymptom, there was great reafon to apprehend immedi* ate death. I refolved, however, to attempt to reduce the inverfion ; but 1 iound it impracticable; for the os uteri had contracted very much, and was fo rigid, that it rendered the return of fo large a body as the uterus, then was, abfolutely impoffible. As every attempt to reduce the inverfion had failed, and increafed the difpofitio'n to faintings, and threatening convulsions, I was obliged to content myfelf wirh replacing the vagina, and pufhing up the uterus within it. This, I confefs, I did more for the fake of decency, than from any hope of faving the patienr, whofe cafe I confidcred as defperate. Soon after this had been accomplished, her pulfe having become Stronger, I gave her 35 drops of tinCfc. thebaic, and took my leave for that night. On