Removal of large fibro-cystic tumour of the uterus : recovery / by J. Knowsley Thornton.

  • Thornton, J. Knowsley.
Date:
[1878?]
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Credit: Removal of large fibro-cystic tumour of the uterus : recovery / by J. Knowsley Thornton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    <TtrL , jfZyjf Ctrl' 7 x „ -i y REMOVAL OF LARGE FIBRO-CYSTIC TUMOUR OF THE UTERUS : RECOVERY. By J. KNOWSLEY THORNTON, M.B. C.M., Fibeo-ctstic tumours of the uterus are so rare, and their successful surgical treatment is so much more rare, that I make no apology for publishing a single case of the kind. H. E. T., aged forty-six, married, and mother of two children, was first seen at the Samaritan Hospital four years back. Mr. Spencer Wells also saw her, and agreed with me in the opinion that she had a fibroid tumour of the uterus. It was of only moderate size, and we both strongly advised her not to think of any operative interference. She had noticed some increase of size a year or two before she came to the Samaritan. She returned twice after this first visit, and on each occasion was seen both by Mr. Wells and my- self, and received the same advice, the tumour meanwhile growing slowly. In November, 1878, she found her way to the out-patient department, and was seen by my friend and colleague Dr. Champneys, who brought her to my wards for one of our Friday consultations. Tbe tumour had now enlarged Surgeon to the Samaritan Free Hospital. Reprinted from The Medical Times and Gazette.