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541 fifty-ninth annual, session They will not always take our advice, but that should not deter us from an honest performance of our duty. The average family in the country is more afraid of the word operation than of pestilence. And I am sorry to say that in a great many instances they have reason to be. For it generally means a trip to a hospital, and after railroad fare, the ambulance fee, the anaesthetist's account, the pathologist's five dollars, the surgeon's bill, the regular hospital charges and pay for a few special nurses is all settled, the account in four or five weeks amounts higher than the average income of the small farmer for a year. But in an operation for laceration of the cervix uteri there need be no hospital charges, though of course any operation is best done in a hospital. It can be performed at the woman's own home and where there are reasons to the contrary it may be done even without a general anaesthetic, and so it may be considered an absolutely safe operation, and one which is sure to benefit the patient. I have seen a few of these patients who refused to undergo operative treatment go on into hopeless invalidism after running the" gamut of all the patent medicine frauds, and at least two or three of them have passed on to the insane asylum, reason gone, home broken up and otherwise useful lives wrecked. And now in conclusion I wish to pass on a few observations as to general considerations. ist. We need more good physicians at the country cross roads and fewer of us in the cities and towns. It would be tough on the cross roads fellow but it would be a relief from suffering to many a woman. 2d. All of us should be patient at all times and under all circumstances when called to attend a woman in labor. Other things favorable we should not be sparing in the use of chloroform. We should discourage meddlesome interference, but at the same time we should be always ready to take action when necessary.
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-16: Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina [1891-1939] |
Document Title | Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina [1891-1939] |
Subject Topical | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Societies, etc. |
Subject Topical Other | Societies, Medical -- North Carolina. |
Description | After 1939 transactions published in the North Carolina Medical Journal |
Creator | Medical Society of the State of North Carolina. Annual Session. |
Publisher | Raleigh, N.C. : Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, 1891-1939. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1911 |
Identifier | NCHH-16-059 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 59 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
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Fixed Title * | Page 512 |
Document Title | Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina [1891-1939] |
Subject Topical | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Societies, etc. |
Subject Topical Other | Societies, Medical -- North Carolina. |
Description | After 1939 transactions published in the North Carolina Medical Journal |
Creator | Medical Society of the State of North Carolina. Annual Session. |
Publisher | Raleigh, N.C. : Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, 1891-1939. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1911 |
Identifier | NCHH-16-059-0540 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; article |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 59 |
Page Number | 512 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Full Text | 541 fifty-ninth annual, session They will not always take our advice, but that should not deter us from an honest performance of our duty. The average family in the country is more afraid of the word operation than of pestilence. And I am sorry to say that in a great many instances they have reason to be. For it generally means a trip to a hospital, and after railroad fare, the ambulance fee, the anaesthetist's account, the pathologist's five dollars, the surgeon's bill, the regular hospital charges and pay for a few special nurses is all settled, the account in four or five weeks amounts higher than the average income of the small farmer for a year. But in an operation for laceration of the cervix uteri there need be no hospital charges, though of course any operation is best done in a hospital. It can be performed at the woman's own home and where there are reasons to the contrary it may be done even without a general anaesthetic, and so it may be considered an absolutely safe operation, and one which is sure to benefit the patient. I have seen a few of these patients who refused to undergo operative treatment go on into hopeless invalidism after running the" gamut of all the patent medicine frauds, and at least two or three of them have passed on to the insane asylum, reason gone, home broken up and otherwise useful lives wrecked. And now in conclusion I wish to pass on a few observations as to general considerations. ist. We need more good physicians at the country cross roads and fewer of us in the cities and towns. It would be tough on the cross roads fellow but it would be a relief from suffering to many a woman. 2d. All of us should be patient at all times and under all circumstances when called to attend a woman in labor. Other things favorable we should not be sparing in the use of chloroform. We should discourage meddlesome interference, but at the same time we should be always ready to take action when necessary. |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-16/nchh-16-059.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-d; nchh-16 |
Article Title | Some Remarks On Cervical Lacerations |
Article Author | G. M . Cooper |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-16-059 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-16 |
Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb2983307 |
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