Fourteen Cases of Completed Ovariotomy
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The operation of ovariotomy not long ago was looked upon as an unwarrantable proceeding; nor need it be wondered at when we know the terrible feelings of dread with which surgeons regarded interference with the peritonseum, and the extremely exaggerated fears they had of peritonitis. Bat within the last twenty years the labours of Mr Spencer Wells, Dr Thomas Keith, etc., in this country, and of a large array of ovariotomists in Europe and America, have established the fact that this operation is not only a warrantable and a successful one, but an operation that is quite within the power of any one to perform who is willing to operate with ordinary care, and who possesses a fair amount of surgical dexterity. To bring the subject to this issue cost the pioneers of ovariotomy much trouble, toil, and patience. They had to face the most determined opposition from a section of the profession whose conservatism is always found laid in the scale over against progress. It is perhaps better that it should be, as the temptations
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دوره 6 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2017