A treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of women, with their homopathic treatment .. . ina with the righthand, directed by two fingers of the left in the vagina, whenwe may cut them seriatim, and insert a pair of needlesor polypus forceps, and extract one at a time till all areremoved; or we may remove them with Cutlers sutureforceps and cutter. Various Other Methods of Treatment.—Professor Emmeturges a liability to return, as an argument against amputation,and adopts the plan of taking out a wedge-shaped piece oftissue, the apex of which is upwards, and the base to includemost of each
A treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of women, with their homopathic treatment .. . ina with the righthand, directed by two fingers of the left in the vagina, whenwe may cut them seriatim, and insert a pair of needlesor polypus forceps, and extract one at a time till all areremoved; or we may remove them with Cutlers sutureforceps and cutter. Various Other Methods of Treatment.—Professor Emmeturges a liability to return, as an argument against amputation,and adopts the plan of taking out a wedge-shaped piece oftissue, the apex of which is upwards, and the base to includemost of each lip of the cervix. His operation is much moredifficult, and offers more danger of closure of the os, and Ican not see that it presents any advantages over amputation. The use of injections of diluted Solu. Iodine into thesubstance of the tissues of the cervix has been recommendedas efficacious in promoting absorption and softening of theinduration—for this purpose a syringe, similar to the ordi-nary hypodermic, is used, larger in size, with tubes aboutthree inches long. (See Fig. 18.). Fig. No. 18.—Syringe for Injecting Fibroids. In my experience this treatment is only applicable tocases which are extremely free from sensibility, as otherwiseit produces great pain. In cases which have withstood the 172 EATON ON DISEASES OF WOMEN. use of remedies and local treatment, the injections may be made at intervals of three days (not using them, however, very near to the menstrual period), making about three punctures and injections at each treatment, throwing in about twenty drops into each puncture, using the following prescriptions : Ify.—Iodine Ees., grs. x. Kali Iod., grs. Brom., grs. , I i, Hi,. Dr. John M. Bennett,* of Liverpool, England, I believe?was the first to recommend and use this treatment, whichhe highly commends. He advises its use also in cases ofchronic cervicitis, which would indicate that he would notrestrict its use as much as has been, in
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