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. 1888 Excerpt: ...craniotomy had been resorted to. She was suffering at the time of the operation from exhaustion and shock, which gradually became more marked, and she died seven hours after. In 1875 and in 1877 Dr. Skene had the glory of successfully performing the operation under circumstances of great difficulty, with the result in ...
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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. 1888 Excerpt: ...craniotomy had been resorted to. She was suffering at the time of the operation from exhaustion and shock, which gradually became more marked, and she died seven hours after. In 1875 and in 1877 Dr. Skene had the glory of successfully performing the operation under circumstances of great difficulty, with the result in each case of saving the lives of both mother and child. In 1877 Dr. Thomas had the good fortune to obtain a like triumph. In England the operation has been performed by Drs. Himes and Edes, both times in the interest of the child, the condition of the mothers being well-nigh hopeless. Both children were saved. In 1880 Dr. Walter B, Gillette extracted by laparo-elytrotomy a putrid child, which he was obliged to perforate and extract with the cephalotribe, the forceps and version having been previously tried without success. The mother recovered with scarcely an untoward symptom. In 1883 Professor W. H. Taylor, of Cincinnati, operated with a fatal result. Forceps, craniotomy, the cranioclast, and version had been previously tried in vain. When laparo-elytrotomy was decided upon, the patient was much exhausted, with a very rapid, feeble pulse and elevated temperature. The patient died forty-four hours after the operation. In the same year Professor Jewett, of Brooklyn, operated upon a patient who had been a week in labor. The woman was exhausted by long labor, and previous attempts at replacing the arm, by the use of forceps, and by attempts at version. The uterus was in a Gillette, " A Successful Case of Laparo-Elytrotomy," " Am. Jour, of Obstet.," January, 1880, p. 98. state of tonic contraction, and the soft parts were excessively cedematous. The child died before delivery. The mother died seventy hours later of acute septi...
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