Procidentia uteri from perineal laceration of many years’ standing

Case of Procidentia Uteri

In former writings on this subject, especially in the "Edinburgh Medical Journal" for January 1872, I have insisted on the purely mechanical nature of this disease; that it is like a dislocation or a hernia; that, if hypertrophy favours its production, it is by the increase of weight it implies; that, if relaxation or laceration of tissues favour its production, it is by removal or diminution o...

The Function of the Perinæum in Procidentia Uteri

The Connection between Laceration of the Perinæum and Prolapsus Uteri

our Society. In that paper it was denied that laceration of the perinaeum had anything to do with prolapsus uteri; and altogether this part of the female, in relation to this displacement, was, in my humble estimation, by far too lightly esteemed. I most certainly believe that the peringeum plays a very useful part, though by no means the most important one, in the way of supporting the uterus;...

A Simple Perineal Operation, as Used in Cases of Prolapsus Uteri and for Perineal Repair

Intramural Fibroid Tumour, Probably of 11 Years' Standing; Removal by Laceration and Enucleation; Recovery

]^rg> G-. # aged 35, East Indian, -was admitted into the General Hospital, under my clinrge, on the 2nd May, 1871. She is the mother of six children. Her youngest child is almost twelve years of age. Ever since the birth of this child she has been a constant sufferer from dysmenorrli03a, and, during the past five or six years, profuse menorrhngia has been frequent. Partly from the pain experien...