APPENDIX.
37
STATEMENT No. III.
Showing the results of Major or more important Surgical Operations performed in the
Calcutta Medical Institutions by the Medical Officers during the year 1895.
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CLASS.
NATURE OF OPERATIONS.
R e m a i n e d f r o m t h e p r e v i o u s y e a r .
P e r f o r m e d d u r i n g t h e y e a r .
T o t a l .
C u r e d .
R e l i e v e d .
D i s c h a r g e d o t h e r - w i s e .
D i e d .
R e m a i n i n g .
Removal of tumours . . . Removal of tumours . . .
1
51
52
43
8
. . .
. . .
1
Removal of foreign bodies . . . Removal of foreign bodies from deep
and dangerous situations
. . .
. . .
2
2
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Opening of abscesses . . . Abscessees
. . .
14
271
285
228
19
. . .
24
1 4
Operations on nerves . . .
Stretching of nerve
. . .
1
3
4
2
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
Section of nerve . . .
. . .
2
2
2
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Operations of the eye lids For entropion . . .
. . .
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1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Operations on other ap-
pendages of the eye.
For pterygium . . .
. . .
51
51
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
For fistula lacrymalis and lacrymal
glands
. . .
. . .
30
39
4
. . .
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For lacrymal abscess
. . .
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30
30
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Operations on the eye-ball
Paracentesis of cornea . . .
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1
1
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Solution of the lens
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2
3
5
5
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Artificial pupil
. . .
. . .
8
8
6
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2
Iridectomy
. . .
2
15
17
16
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
Extraction of the lens
. . .
42
383
425
340
20
24
. . .
41
For staphyloma
. . .
. . .
13
13
3
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Excision of the eye-ball . . .
3
25
28
2 7
. . .
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1
. . .
Laceration of opaque capsule . . . . . .
10
10
2
. . .
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Corneal opacity tattooed . . .
. . .
4
4
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Operations of the ear . . .
Trephined and diseased bone removed
by gouging from diseased mastoid
cel l s . . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
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1
R e m o v a l o f p o l y p u s . . .
9
9
1
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Plastic operation
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1
1
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1
Operations on the nose . . .
Extraction of nasal polypus
. . .
. . .
7
7
7
. . .
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Crucial incision for closure of both
the nostrils by cicatrix
. . .
1
1
1
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Removal of spurs and crests from sep -
tum . . .
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6
6
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Removal of sequestra
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1
1
1
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Ditto of other nasal growths . . .
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1
1
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Adhesions in the interior of the nose
broken down . . .
1
1
1
. . .
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. . .
. . .
Suppuration of antrum opened by
incision
. . .
1
1
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Plastic opera ion for injury to the
nose . . .
1
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Removal of naso-pharyngeal polypus . . .
3
3
3
. . .
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Ditto of ditto
adenoid
g r o w t h . . .
. . .
30
30
29
1
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. . .
. . .
Division of fibrous bands for stenosis
oris . . .
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2
2
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2
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Partial excision of upper jaw . . .
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2
2
2
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For hare-lip . . .
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2
2
2
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Operations on other parts
of the head and face, in-
cluding mouth.
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Partial excision of lower jaw . . ..
2
3
5
4
. . .
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1
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Trephining . . .
. . .
7
7
2
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1
4
. . .
Removal of tonsils . . .
. . .
55
55
55
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Plastic operation for cleft palate . . .
. . .
1
1
1
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Removal of tongue, partial . . .
. . .
4
4
3
1
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Ditto ditto, complete . . .
1
. . .
1
1
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Excision of cancerous growth from
mouth
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
operations on veins
Excision of varices . . .
. . .
5
5
5
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Ligature of varicose veins . . .
. . .
7
7
4
. . .
. . .
. . .
3
Operations for hæmorr-
hage,
Ligature at a distance from the bleed -
ing point on proximal side . . .
. . .
4
4
4
. . .
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Operations on the res
- p i r a t o r y o r g a n s .
Tracheotomy
. . .
1
13
14
6
2
. . .
6
. . .
Paracentesis of pleura . . .
. . .
6
6
4
1
. . .
1
. . .
Laryngo tracheotomy . . .
. . .
1
1
1
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. . .
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Paracentesis of pleura for empyema . . .
1
. . .
1
. . .
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1
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Resection of rib for ditto . . .
. . .
9
9
4
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5
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Ditto for pleuertic effusion
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1
1
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