Vol 12, No 12 (1898)

Tumors of the round ligaments have undergone a more detailed study only in a relatively recent time. From a cursory review of the literature, it turns out that tumors of the round ligaments are far from common. Based on this, I consider myself in the right to describe here 3 own cases that I observed in the surgical department of the St. Mary Magdalene Hospital.

In his book "Technique chirurgicale" Doyen presented a drawing of an instrument for crushing tissues, as a hemostatic agent; however, Doyen often throws a thin ligature over the crushed end of the vessel. This tool, which he called a vazotrib, was demonstrated at the international congress of doctors in Moscow. Faure, a surgeon at the Necker hospital, arranged a similar instrument in a smaller size, and it turned out to be able to work with this instrument with one hand.

According to the view established in the sciences, we have included in the heading of premature births all cases where pregnancy was interrupted from the end of the 28th week before the expiration of the normal term. The main criterion for determining the term was, of course, the time of the last menses and the movement of the fetus in this pregnancy, ascertained by the mother for the first time. But these data alone, of course, are not yet enough to recognize childbirth as premature in each individual case. Therefore, when determining the premature termination of pregnancy, in addition to the last menses and the first movement of the fetus, we were guided by the size of the born fetus and all the objective data that are inherent in prematurity.

In the last 31/2 years, the author observed 83 cases of tubal pregnancy in the inpatient department of the gynecological clinic in Halle. The reason that this disease began to be observed so often should be sought, in addition to improving diagnostics, mainly in the progressively increasing prevalence of gonorrhoid diseases.

Since recent studies of the significance of alcohol as a disinfectant have not yet led to definitive conclusions, the author has undertaken a new series of studies at the Gisen Clinic and Bacteriological Institute to highlight the role of alcohol in hand sterilization.

The treatment of inflammatory and predominantly exudative processes around the uterus and its appendages should be, first of all, expectant and have for its own purpose the release of the pelvic organs from severity.

Over the past ten years in the Danzig obstetrician institute, forceps were applied 123 times per 2831 births = 4.3%. The frequency for individual years ranges between 2.2% and 7.9%.