Painful Affection of the Cervix Uteri.--Excision

Cancer of the cervix uteri.

The cervix is the lower aspect of the uterus. It is roughly cylindrical in shape, projects through the superior-anterior vaginal wall, and communicates with the vagina through the endocervical canal, which terminates in the external os located at the top of the vagina. Cancer of the cervix may originate from the mucosa of the surface of the cervix or from within the canal. Carcinoma of the uter...

Atresia of the Vagina and Cervix Uteri

Adenoid basal carcinoma of the cervix uteri.

This paper describes a case of adenoid basal carcinoma of the uterine cervix, occurring in a woman aged 78 years. In view of the rarity and the limited knowledge of this group of neoplasms, details of the clinical history, the histological appearances, and the histochemical reactions are presented. An attempt is made to define the histogenesis of the tumour and some points on nonmenclature are ...

On the Treatment of Conical Cervix Uteri

Hospital, on the 6th May 1872, for barrenness. She has been married upwards of twelve years. She believes (doubtless erroneously) that up to the 7th year of her marriage she had had three miscarriages. During the last five years she hag certainly never conceived. She complains of much pain in the loins, and suffers from bearing down pains. Sexual congress lias always been accompanied by much pa...

The Influence of Syphilis in Cancer of the Cervix Uteri

The problem of the influence of syphilis upon the neoplastic process in general has not been solved. Some investigators, on the one hand, have ascribed to syphilis an etiological role. Others deny any relationship betwcen the two diseases. The consensus of opinion (2), however, is that an inter-relation exists between the two in the case of carcinoma of the buccal cavity, though the mode of int...