RT Journal
A1 GABE W
T1 TOrsion of the undiseased fallopian tube
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 1929
FD April 1
VO 18
IS 4
SP 1304
OP 1314
DO 10.1001/archsurg.1929.01140130394026
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1929.01140130394026
AB Priestley, quoted by Garrison, stated that much of the history of gynecology up to recent times has been a series of "crazes"—a following of prevailing fashion. Before the days of gynecologic operations, nearly a century and a half ago, uterine displacement held the interest of gynecologists under the leadership of Hewitt in England, Velpeau in France and Hodge in America. This period marked the invention of a bewildering armamentarium of pessaries of all sizes, shapes and types. Soon, however, the great pioneers in the field of operative gynecology began to report their achievements—Baynham of Virginia, King of South Carolina, the great McDowell of Virginia, Lizars of Edinburgh, Sir Spencer Wells of London, Nélaton of France, and James Marion Sims of our southland. The advent of ether anesthesia and the application of the principles of Lister gave great impetus to the practice of gynecologic operations. Intense interest in various gynecologic conditions