Atlas and Epitome of Operative Gynecology: Authorized Translation from the German with Editorial Notes and Aditions (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Atlas and Epitome of Operative Gynecology: Authorized Translation From the German With Editorial Notes and Aditions

The technic of the individual gynecologic operations depends very much on the methods adopted to bring the diseased portions into view and to prepare them for Oper ative intervention. It is a noteworthy fact that modern gynecology and its operative technic were made possible only by the invention of bivalve and spatular specula, double tenacula, and shepherd's crook hooks, with the aid of which the internal portions of the: genitalia are brought into view. These inventions we owe to Simon and Marion Sims.

It therefore appears to me appropriate in an atlas designed to represent the technic as it appears to the eye, to classify the operations not according to the parts of the organs on which they are performed, but according to the methods of gaining access to them for the purpose of operation.

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