. Pelvic inflammation in women. tion and the cervix ex-posed by a Sims speculum, theanterior lip of the cervix is graspedwith double tenaculum and held inposition, while the cervical canal is cleared of mucus. The fine point ofthe actual cautery knife, cold, is thenintroduced into the canal to a pointjust beyond the uppermost limit of theectropion. The current is then turnedon and a linear incision, going throughthe mucosa into the underlying myo-metrium, to the depth of about one-eighth to one-fourth of an inch, ismade. The cervix is then painted overwith iodin, and the patient is told toretu
. Pelvic inflammation in women. tion and the cervix ex-posed by a Sims speculum, theanterior lip of the cervix is graspedwith double tenaculum and held inposition, while the cervical canal is cleared of mucus. The fine point ofthe actual cautery knife, cold, is thenintroduced into the canal to a pointjust beyond the uppermost limit of theectropion. The current is then turnedon and a linear incision, going throughthe mucosa into the underlying myo-metrium, to the depth of about one-eighth to one-fourth of an inch, ismade. The cervix is then painted overwith iodin, and the patient is told toreturn in two weeks, when anothersimilar incision is made on the oppositeaspect of the canal. Two weeks latera third incision is made midway be-tween the first and second, and finallywe make a fourth incision oppositethe third (Fig. 6). In all four, linearcauterizations are made, and as the resulting ulcers heal and the tissue retracts, the ectropion disappears,provided the treatment has been successful. There is at least one valid. Fig. 8.—Twenty-five Milligrams opRadium in a Brass Filter Placedin the Cervix. INFECTIONS OF THE VULVA, VAGINA AND CERVIX 23 objection to the employment of this treatment, and that is, that by thetime this treatment is instituted, many of the cervical glands have alreadybecome infected and the resuking linear cicatrix may plug the lumenaof the ducts and leave infected glands buried in the deeper structures,which may later form cysts. Another form of treatment that has been recommended is the thor-ough curettage of the cervical canal and that part of the everted mucous
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