Pathological and practical researches on uterine inflammation in puerperal women / By Robert Lee.

  • Lee, Robert, 1793-1877.
Date:
1831
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Credit: Pathological and practical researches on uterine inflammation in puerperal women / By Robert Lee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    whereas peritonitis manifests itself most frequently before the fourth day subsequent to delivery. The reaction which succeeds to uterine hemor¬ rhage cannot easily be confounded with puerperal peritonitis. The morbid sensibility of the uterus, which characterizes inflammation, and the other symptoms already described are here entirely wanting. II, Inflammation of the uterine appendages, ovaria, Fallopian tubes, and broad ligamentsfl . ... u __.... . _ ; - _ In one case only I have found the uterine ap¬ pendages free from disease, where the peritoneal covering of the uterus has been inflamed, but fre¬ quently the peritoneum has been slightly affected, where the appendages of the uterus have been ex¬ tensively disorganized. The surface of the broad ligaments, ovaria, and Fallopian tubes, have been red and vascular, and partially or completely im¬ bedded in lymph or pus. The loose extremities of the Fallopian tubes, have been of a deep red colour and softened, and deposits of pus in a dif¬ fused or circumscribed form, have taken place in their cavities or in their sub-peritoneal tissues. Between the folds of the broad ligaments, effu¬ sions of serous or purulent fluids have also been found. ' * Numerous important changes have likewise