Transactions of the Obstetrical Society of London (Volume 11) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870. Excerpt: ... labour artificially almost implies sacrifice of the child with considerable risk to the mother. 4. There is no proof that tapping an ovarian cyst is more dangerous during pregnancy than at any other time; and it will generally afford immediate relief to distension at a very slight risk to the mother, and lead to the natural termination of pregnancy in the birth of a living child, if proper precautions be taken to prevent the escape of ovarian fluid into the peritoneal cavity, and the entrance of air into this cavity and into the cavity of the cyst. 5. If an ovarian cyst should burst during pregnancy, removal of the cyst and complete cleansing of the peritoneal cavity may save the life of the mother, and pregnancy may go on to the full term. 6. Of three cases on record where a pregnant uterus has been punctured during ovariotomy, the only recovery was in the one case where the uterus was emptied before the completion of the operation. CASES OF PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED WITH OVARIAN CYSTIC DISEASE. By J. Braxton Hicks, M.D., F.R.S., PHYSICIAN-ACCOUCHEUR AND LECTURER ON MIDWIFERY AT GUY'S HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN TO ROYAL MATERNITY CHARITY; EXAMINER-IN MIDWIFERY AT UNIVERSITY OP LONDON, ETC. ETC. During the discussions at the October meeting of this Society on a case of pregnancy and ovarian disease I remarked that I thought that, until we had accumulated reports on a larger number of cases than we then possessed, we were not in a position to say what should be the rule of practice in such a combination of disease--whether it were better to tap the cyst, or to induce premature labour in the event of some relief being required. Some speakers, however, thought that the dangers in any case of the concurrence of the two conditions were such as to make it safer for us to i...