Pathological and practical researches on uterine inflammation in puerperal women / By Robert Lee.

  • Lee, Robert, 1793-1877.
Date:
1831
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    the terms, puerperal, peritoneal, or child-bed fever. ♦ 1, In October 1829, when I had the honour of pre¬ senting to the consideration of this Society, my observations on inflammation of the veins of the uterus, I ventured to infer from the appearances I had witnessed in numerous dissections, cc that Uterine Phlebitis is of far more frequent occurrence than has yet been suspected, and that to it must be referred many of the fatal disorders of puerperal women, which have usually been comprehended under the vague designation of puerperal fever or peritonitis.” At that period I had also arrived at the following conclusion, which subsequent experience has fully confirmed, <c that inflammation of the uterus and its appendages must be considered as essentially the cause of all the destructive febrile affections which follow parturition, and that the various forms they assume, inflammatory, congestive, or typhoid, will, in a great measure, be found to depend on the serous, muscular, or venous tissue of the organ having become affected.” * From the 1st of January 1827, to the 1st of Match 1831, including a period of more than four years, one hundred and twelve cases of well * Med. Chir. Transactions, Vol. XV. p. 465.