Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-11-26
Case 81 O,s,is,omy.
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ret observed, sn requested BY the lazy
srsflf 10 sssri bee ease here, -ad sissiy,
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h'ioal weigh, iAay 10 given ~ NY l's.i-
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eli grH,lsE,eG Who uilG~s ,rd tie oprTa liVH,
The al, -I'hsianrrs connected With the eass
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N,s Mary =. rhslrs, eyed twenty-five,
sn Fh,n, lived Siih her uncle, Capt, A,
Haywood. =, EsE,s F"rd, Dallas county,
rssss. Her constitution vas good, aud
her lss.lh excellent. 10 PrbTa,ry. 1868,
l"T mtns : Ner sprgrr-sed, 10 return Ia
the ll.lt Wire August and September, ShFn
they asai;. diSs! .esrei, Sciae al lon,inal
fa,iLs.s Css nov u0,lc,i. Medical advice
w.s saush1 b. irsidre tie caiamen's, Tie
.,',Ivamsl ,niaI srme.t Increased, A con-
siderable Iumer vas detected ia the lsfI
si.'. Ms l.. uas pronounced by her ply.
slc'sps 10 &c pregnant, Tlae went on,
and tie ,l.lomcn Increased enoTmelsly IN
,iIs. In ,rril, ls'p, the patient came
fro n her hoLe In Texas and placed herself
Gudcr my care, The day after she reach.
a Louisville, my friend frof Mu,sey, Of
,incii haiti, lieu on Nisit to ibis city,
Jaw the case viii MT; hc pron lpIeed Il AZ
OF ca multil'culir ovarian mncr. NJ
father, DR.. L.. 7. lanioll, and the late Ia
mtni,d PrVf. Powell eoncurrel in this
opinion; Prof James VI. lush, Of LeIing-
ton, and Prof Henry Miller both confirm.
ri IL. Miss Phelps was removed from the
house Of her aunt, Mis-. Chamberlain, TO
~. Joserh's Inhrmary, where. On the 10Th
Of May, ! operated on her, in the presence
OF rrofs Miller, Powell, and Rogers, and
Drs. Jane. NJ. Keller, NesmRn, Scott,
Coleman Rogers, Cowling. Blackburn, and
Singleton, all Of this city, and PROS. Pal.
mer, Of pe,roit, and Paryin, OF Indihrap.
oils. Prof. Miller, himself n vetI ran ovar-
ioiomist, kindly gave me his skillful as.
':is,rrce. All necessary precautions as to
the temperature aud moisture Of the air Of
the room, etc, having been taken, chloro.
form was administered by Prof. Rogers.
The ca hetcr introduced, and the bladder
empiicj, the patien, was pronounced really
for the knife. made m inci.;en in the
middle limo Of the abic;aiual walls. from
the umb licus 10 ;r.t above the public sym.
ph,sis. FIois. Powell and Miller scpsra-
led the edges VI the wound. The tissues
Immediately over the most prominent part
Of the iumor wcro 20 ihinncd that the
II, okc of the knife, without the uso of q
director. There WAS no hemorrhage. My
hand, carried in upon the anterior wall of
the tumor, md passed rs far as possible
around II, met with some sdhcsiops on lis
upper AID left side only. These wc-s
carefully hut reality broken down by the
fingers. Finding the short incision insult
fc;cr' to ALLOW the extraction of the tu
Iuor, without lessening its size, | thrust n
large trorar into the protruding cyst and
evacuated n considerable quantity of yell
l,wish serum. The tumor was but little
di.nini.hcd in bulk. plunged the trocar
into o,ber cysis, through the walls OF the
first, and thus occupied some time in these
Efforts to drain the tunor. The contents
Of rome Of The cysts were very gelatinous
too solid - ilow through the cnnula. tore
with my hand through the walls Of the
cysis, breaking them down in every direc-
ton The tuinor still proved too large to
lie brought out through the original cut.
extended lie iIcision almost to the cDsi-
form cartilage. Drs. Miller and Powell
lifted the tumor ont with considerable cf-
fort. iransiixed the ,redicle which was
of medium length, with needle armed
with strong whip-cord, and tying this Sc
CT ely cut the tumor away. II weighed
,wenl pounds; and Prof. Miller who made
4 rough estimate Of the amount Of fluid
evncuu ted from the several cysts, thought
the tumor worid hare weighed in its orig
innl state between ,hir:y and forty pounds.
Its greatest length was twenty-nine inch
ca; It's breadth twentyscvcn inches its
thickncss seventeen inches. The wound
was closed by silver sutur,s and adhesive
strir.; the rnls Of the ligature were
brought ont at IFS luwer murgin; the whole
was carboii1cd, aud the patient placed in
bed. She rot an opiate and soup. On
the third day her temperature rose 10 enc
hundred and two degrees. | made slight |
traction upon the ends Of the ligaturc,
which was followed by the discharge Of q
IA bic spoonful Of purulcnt matter. TWEEN
~ -four hours after, her temperature fell TO
sincty-nine degrees; convalescence pro-
seeded without interruption. On the thir-
,ocn,p day the sutures were removed; un.
lon was complete, except at the lower
margin of the wornd, which was occupied
by the pcdicle. The liga!ures yielded to
slight traction, and came away on the fifty
fifth day. In eight weeks after the opera
ion the catnmcnia were restored they re-
turned at the expiration Of three weeks,
md have continued regularly at that in
ferval; previous to the developme Of the
.umor they showed themselves every four
Tecks.
Misc Phelps returned TO her friends the
blowing fall, aud in letters recently re-
eived from her says her health has been
good.
LOUISVILLE, September.
Rushing for Texas.