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An account of a dropsy of the left ovary of a woman, aged 58, cured by a large incision made in the side of the abdomen.

Phil. Trans., (1724-25), 33, 8-15, 1726.

Houstoun was the first to treat ovarian edema by tapping the cyst, 1701. For biographical note, see J. Obst. Gynaec. Brit. Comw., 1973, 80, 193-200.



Subjects: OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY › GYNECOLOGY
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