Shortening The Round Ligaments

Author : William Alexander
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ISBN 13 : 9781332275397
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (753 download)

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Download or read book Practical Gynaecology written by William Alexander and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Practical Gynaecology: With Fifteen Years Experience of Shortening the Round Ligaments Fifteen years have gone since my name became associated with uterine displacements, on account of the discovery and practical application of the method of controlling a displaced uterus by shortening the round ligaments. During all these years I have performed the operation in a great many cases, the record of which will appear on subsequent pages. I have watched the reception of the operation as it spread from place to place, I have marked its contra-indications and failures, its difficulties and dangers, I have studied the pathology of displacements on the living and the dead, and noted and considered the different opinions of the pathology of displacement enunciated by my contemporaries and predecessors; and I think the time has now come not only to issue a second edition of my small book on the treatment of backward displacements of the uterus, and of prolapsus uteri, by shortening the round ligaments, but also to enlarge and extend that book by entering more fully into the pathology of displacements generally, their symptoms, and the general methods of treating them. How is the uterus maintained in its normal position? and, What is the sequence of events that produce displacements? are two questions, the answers to which are not only not yet settled, but are still most varied and contradictory. For example, at the discussion on ventro-fixation at the meeting of the Gynaecological Society on 9th April, Dr Bantock was diametrically opposed to several Fellows of that Society as to the causes of prolapse of the uterus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.