Vaginal celiotomy

Front matter

■SSiiSHF

RG104.B3 1911 Vaginalceliotomy/

RECAP x'/aL liii iccc.c i

Preface

My interest in vaginal celiotomy dates back to 1895. In the intervening years I have given this method the test of time and experience.

I have never given it the extreme praise voiced by its most faithful and enthusiastic admirers. I have often wondered at its almost complete neglect by a very large share of the surgical and gynecological world.

In the thorough correction of cystocele, descensus uteri, prolapse of the uterus; for the performance of simple hysterectomy, vaginal celiotomy has a value so great that the abdominal route should scarcely enter into consideration.

I know of no book which treats in detail of these and allied topics. For this reason I offer this work in the hope that it may suggest the value of the vaginal path in the correction of many pelvic gynecological diseases.

The drawings by K. K. Bosse have been made after repeated observation of the various operative procedures on the living.

My sincere thanks are due the firm of W. B. Saunders Company, for its exceUent work in the production of this book.

S. W. B.

New York City, January, 1911

Contents

PAGE

Uses of Posterior Vaginal Celiotomy 28

For Differential Diagnosis 28