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prisc, I found that the patient had an enlargement to the left of the uterus which had not been there before the operation. I obtained permission to open the She had an old hydrosalphinx which, previous to the operation, was Lbdomen. empty, the fluid having escaped through the uterine end of the tube. The injection of air had distended the closed sac, so that it formed a tumor as large as the tleshy part of the thumb. After exposing it you could press upon it and force the air down into the uterus. I removed the hydkosalpinx, and the woman of course was better off than if we had not made the test. Because it has somctimes caused the rupture of an extrauterine pregnancy, I see no reason why Cases of extrauterine pregnancy have &bin’s test should be given up altogether. been ruptured by simple bimanual examination. We must not give up as hopeless these cases of tubal occlusion. Dr. Estes of Bethlehem reported at the State Medical Society Meeting, a year or so ago, several cases of pregnancy which had followed the operation of implanting the ovary into the cornu of the uterus, where the tube had been cut off flush with the uterine surface. Recently I read the description of an operation aevised by a French surgeon, in which the ovary was implanted into an opening made in the wall of the uterus, which went entirely through the myometrium, so that part of the ovary projected into the endometrial cavity. While this is a little more heroic than 1 should fancy, we must continue to try to relieve these unfortunate women.
Item At the Annual Meeting of the American Gynecological Society held at Washington, D. C., May 4th, 5th and 6th, 1925, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Dr. Franklin S. Newell; First Vice-president, Dr. Hiram Vineberg ; Second Vicepresident, Dr. C. Jeff Miller; Secretary, Dr. Arthur H. Curtis; Treasurer, Dr. Charles C. Norris. Other members of the Council: Dr. George Gray Ward, Dr. John A. Sampson, Dr. Barton C. Hirst, Dr. Howard C. Taylor, Dr. Robert T. Frank, Dr. Henry T. Hutchins.
Errata In the article by Dr. Paul Klempercr, the fourth line, page 623, should read: carcinoma the first histologic examination of basal-cell carcinoma.
May issue, the selitence in In three cases of cervical showed the classic picture .
In article by Dr. Robert T. Morris, April issue, the legend under Fig. 3, line three, should read: Dots mark other ganglia that are not hypersensitive in this condition,
SOCIETY
OF
PHILADELPHIA
a75
prisc, I found that the patient had an enlargement to the left of the uterus which had not been there before the operation. I obtained permission to open the She had an old hydrosalphinx which, previous to the operation, was Lbdomen. empty, the fluid having escaped through the uterine end of the tube. The injection of air had distended the closed sac, so that it formed a tumor as large as the tleshy part of the thumb. After exposing it you could press upon it and force the air down into the uterus. I removed the hydkosalpinx, and the woman of course was better off than if we had not made the test. Because it has somctimes caused the rupture of an extrauterine pregnancy, I see no reason why Cases of extrauterine pregnancy have &bin’s test should be given up altogether. been ruptured by simple bimanual examination. We must not give up as hopeless these cases of tubal occlusion. Dr. Estes of Bethlehem reported at the State Medical Society Meeting, a year or so ago, several cases of pregnancy which had followed the operation of implanting the ovary into the cornu of the uterus, where the tube had been cut off flush with the uterine surface. Recently I read the description of an operation aevised by a French surgeon, in which the ovary was implanted into an opening made in the wall of the uterus, which went entirely through the myometrium, so that part of the ovary projected into the endometrial cavity. While this is a little more heroic than 1 should fancy, we must continue to try to relieve these unfortunate women.
Item At the Annual Meeting of the American Gynecological Society held at Washington, D. C., May 4th, 5th and 6th, 1925, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Dr. Franklin S. Newell; First Vice-president, Dr. Hiram Vineberg ; Second Vicepresident, Dr. C. Jeff Miller; Secretary, Dr. Arthur H. Curtis; Treasurer, Dr. Charles C. Norris. Other members of the Council: Dr. George Gray Ward, Dr. John A. Sampson, Dr. Barton C. Hirst, Dr. Howard C. Taylor, Dr. Robert T. Frank, Dr. Henry T. Hutchins.
Errata In the article by Dr. Paul Klempercr, the fourth line, page 623, should read: carcinoma the first histologic examination of basal-cell carcinoma.
May issue, the selitence in In three cases of cervical showed the classic picture .
In article by Dr. Robert T. Morris, April issue, the legend under Fig. 3, line three, should read: Dots mark other ganglia that are not hypersensitive in this condition,