A Case of Obstructed Labour by an Intra-Uterine Tumour

Civil Surgeon, Sagaing. A Burmese woman about 37 years of age, a multipara with five previous births, was admitted on 15th March, 1925, with severe and continuous labour pains and a history that she had been in pain for the last five days and had lost some blood at home; she had been attended by a Burmese midwife. On admission her general condition was good. On making an examination per vaginam, a soft tumour about the size of a small cocoanut was felt in the pelvis?on pushing the tumour to one side there was just enough room for one finger to pass beyond it. On further examination it