A theoretical and practical treatise on midwifery : including the diseases of pregnancy and parturition and the attentions required by the child from birth to the period of weaning . p. 287.) After having consulted with his father, whether itwas advisable to remove the polypus at once, the ques-tion was determined in the negative. In many cases, therefore, we may trust to the resources of the organism, remembering, at the same time,that too great a delay is not without danger both to themother and child; and, where the inefficiency of theuterine contractions has been fully ascertained, a divi-
A theoretical and practical treatise on midwifery : including the diseases of pregnancy and parturition and the attentions required by the child from birth to the period of weaning . p. 287.) After having consulted with his father, whether itwas advisable to remove the polypus at once, the ques-tion was determined in the negative. In many cases, therefore, we may trust to the resources of the organism, remembering, at the same time,that too great a delay is not without danger both to themother and child; and, where the inefficiency of theuterine contractions has been fully ascertained, a divi-sion of the pedicle appears to us to be the only the subsequent extraction of the tumor is renderedvery difficult by its volume, it might be cut up intoseveral pieces, as I have seen done on two occasions, orbe firmly grasped with a small serrated forceps. Pelvicversion, which is recommended by some authors, couldbe performed in those cases only in which the length ofthe pedicle gives great mobility to the tumor, and allowsit to be pushed above the superior strait. It is un-necessary to add that, if the existence of this tumor in the canal be ascertained Fig. This figure, taken fromRamsbothams work, showsthe situation of the polypusdescribed by him. TUMORS OF THE EXCAVATION. 609 during the latter months of gestation, it should he excised immediately, if it heof a sufficient size to render the parturition difficult or tedious. C. Fungous, or Cauliflower Tumors, &c.—These tumors, which resemble acauliflower in their appearance, may arise from either lip of the womb; and thenby acquiring a considerable size, they mask the orifice and render it nearly in-accessible. As they often give rise to hemorrhage, and as the spongy tissue thatconstitutes them has some analogy with the placental structure, they have occa-sionally been mistaken for a placenta prsevia. Both Madame Lachapelle andDenman relate errors of this character; and I witnessed the following still moresi
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