New elements of operative surgery . operation of paracentesis, toprevent the too sudden relaxation of the digestive organs. Nowgenerally no longer used in such cases, Monros corset might, nev-ertheless, be exceedingly v/ell adapted for producing compressionof the belly to promote absorption (d titre de resolutif) in asciticpatients. IV. Suspensory, or Cincture of the Hypogastrium. Women whohave had many children, and those who have the uterus inclinedforward, with a very large pelvis, often experience uneasiness,drawing-down pains, and weight, in the lumbar region, kidneys,iliac fossae, groins
New elements of operative surgery . operation of paracentesis, toprevent the too sudden relaxation of the digestive organs. Nowgenerally no longer used in such cases, Monros corset might, nev-ertheless, be exceedingly v/ell adapted for producing compressionof the belly to promote absorption (d titre de resolutif) in asciticpatients. IV. Suspensory, or Cincture of the Hypogastrium. Women whohave had many children, and those who have the uterus inclinedforward, with a very large pelvis, often experience uneasiness,drawing-down pains, and weight, in the lumbar region, kidneys,iliac fossae, groins, and hypogastrium, sufferings for the relief ofwhich they are often subjected to all kinds of useless treatment, 22 170 NEW ELEMENTS OF OPERATIVE SURGERY. but which generally yield to the use of a suspensory to the hypo-gastriunn, (Fig. 103.) But this suspensory may be the ordinary cor-set, provided, in place of being widened below, it bends inward {serecourbera) in the direction of the pubis, so that, when applied, it (Fig. 103.). moderately presses upon the lower region of the abdomen from be-low upwards and from before behind, instead of pressing fromabove downward, as it usually does. The busk of this corset would,moreover, answer, better than any other bandage, to secure a pe-lote or graduated compresses upon a fistulous opening, or some tu-mor, that would require to be compressed upon the median line ; anartificial anus, for example, (of which I have had an instance,) andthat without occasioning any uneasiness. In general, women put their corsets on over their chemises; if itis necessary that the bandage should press directly on the skin, it isbetter to have one made especially. In this case, I use a sort ofbelly-band, (Fig. 103,) shaped to the hypogastric region, furnishedwith or without stuffed pelotes, and which are fastened about thetrunk on the side of the loins, or in front, and then below, by the aidof bandages under the thighs, (sous-cuisses.) In truth, the suspe
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