. A manual of gynæcology and pelvic surgery, for students and practitioners. Fig. 124.—Smith and ring pessaries. It is rarely necessary to go outside theSmith-Hodge or ring type of pessary. exceptionally susceptible to the suggestion of anything wrongwith the genital organs, and the knowledge that they have even asymptomless displacement is likely to do them more harm thanits treatment will do good. Old displacements of any sort are rarely cured by mechanicaltreatment, and this fact should be plainly stated to those pa-tients in whom a displacement seems to be responsible forsymptoms; but mech
. A manual of gynæcology and pelvic surgery, for students and practitioners. Fig. 124.—Smith and ring pessaries. It is rarely necessary to go outside theSmith-Hodge or ring type of pessary. exceptionally susceptible to the suggestion of anything wrongwith the genital organs, and the knowledge that they have even asymptomless displacement is likely to do them more harm thanits treatment will do good. Old displacements of any sort are rarely cured by mechanicaltreatment, and this fact should be plainly stated to those pa-tients in whom a displacement seems to be responsible forsymptoms; but mechanical treatment for a short time willdetermine more definitely than anything else whether or notthe symptoms complained of are due to the this reason the pessary has a wide field of usefulness as adiagnostic instrument. If relief is obtained by its use, thepatient should be told that she either must wear it indefinitely 272 DISPLACEMENTS OF THE UTERUS or submit to an operation, and she should be allowed to decidewhich method shall be adopted. Retroposi
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