KASIER DISPENSARY. STONE IN UTERUS. By Assistant Surgeon SOBHA RAM.

Bano,

Mahometan woman, aged 50 years, into the Dispensary, complaining of stone in bladder. History.?From a year she has had some difficulty in passing urine, burning and pain during micturition. No blood in the urine, but discharge of mucus often; difficulty has been increasing since, so that the pain and burning were continuous and had reduced the patient so far that she was unable to sit up or walk was

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brought

about. Examination.?Uterus

was found wholly proand enlarged, this having occurred about 25 years back after the birth of her sou. The os uteri was lying about half an inch from the orifice of urethra. On palpation, the uterus was found to contain some hard substance, and it. It was tried on pressure urine came out of to pass the sound into the bladder, but the effort was unsuccessful 011 account of the displacement of the urethra; 011 introducing the small finger into the urethral opening, it was directed into the os uteri in which the stone was felt. The opening was dilated, and the stone was extracted from the uterus. The stone weighed 100 grains, uterus was syringed, and patient was sent back to her bed.

lapsed

Liqr. morphia; m.xx was ordered to be given

at

once.

For a week the patient complained of burniuosensation when passing urine, for which diuretic mixture and tinct. hyoscyami were given. In ten days' time all the bad symptoms disappeared and the patient was cured.