COPYRIGHT, 1898.

BY THE AMERICAN GYNECOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

All rights reserved.

THE Society does not hold itself responsible for the views enunciated in the papers read at its meetings.

J. RIDDLE GOFFE, M.D., Secretary,

22 EAST THIRTY-FIFTH STREET, NEW YORK.

President's Address. By PAUL F. MUNDÉ, M.D., LL.D. .

Congenital Pelvic Kidneys Obstructing the Parturient Canal.

With Report of a Case of Vaginal Nephrectomy. By ED-

WIN B. CRAGIN, M D. .

Pregnancy following Ventrofixation, with Improvements in the

Technique of the Operation. By A. LAPTHORN SMITH,

M.D. .

The Treatment of Adherent Retroposed Uteri. By W. R.

PRYOR, M.D.

Discussion: Has Electricity Ceased to be a Useful Therapeutic

Agent in Gynecology? By HENRY J. GARRIGUES, M.D.,

WILLIS E. FORD, M.D., and EGBERT H. GRANDIN, M.D. .

The Porro Operation versus Total Hysterectomy. By H. J.

BOLDT, M.D.

Clinical Observations in Regard to General Anesthesia by the

Schleich Mixtures. By HENRY J. GARRIGUES, M.D.

The Surgical Treatment of Irreducible Retroflexion of the

Gravid Uterus. By MATTHEW D. MANN, M.D.

The Bacteria of the Vagina and their Practical Significance,

Based upon

the Bacteriological Examination of the Vaginal

Secretions of Ninety-two Pregnant Women. By J. WHIT-

RIDGE WILLIAMS, M.D.

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The Use of Thyroid Gland in the Treatment of Fibroids of

the Uterus. By WILLIAM E. MOSELEY, M.D. .

The Use of Mammary Gland in the Treatment of Fibroids of

the Uterus. By JOHN B. SHOBER, M.D. .

Choice of Methods in Hysterectomy. By ERNEST W. CUSH-

ING, M.D..

Abdominal Myomectomy. By HOWARD A. KELLY, M.D.

Discussion: Should Non-absorbable Ligatures be Discarded in

Gynecological Surgery? By SETH C. GORDON, M.D, R.

STANSBURY SUTTON, M.D., CHARLES P. NOBLE, M.D., and

HOWARD A. KELLY, M.D. .

A Further Report Upon Conservative Surgery of the Uterine

Appendages. By A. PALMER DUDLEY, M.D.

Patency of the Stump after Salpingectomy. By J. WESLEY

BOVÉE, M.D.

Discussion: The Surgical Treatment of Sterility.-How far is it

Justifiable or Expedient? By MATTHEW D. MANN, M.D.,

and W. GILL WYLIE, M.D.

Removal by Abdominal Incision of the Remains of an Extra-

uterine Fætation of Fourteen Years' Duration.

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DREW F. CURRIER, M.D.

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The Method of Choice for the Removal of Hairpins from the

Bladder in Women. By ANDREW F. CURRIER, M.D.

A Case of Endothelioma Lymphangiomatodes of the Cervix

Uteri. By HUNTER ROBB, M.D.

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The Post-operative Use of Intravenous Saline Injections. By

EUGENE BOISE, M.D. .

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Streptococcic Infection in Childbirth and the Application of

Serum Therapy. By HENRY D. FRY, M.D.

Hernia of the Ovary, with a Report of Two Cases Cured by

Laparotomy. By B. BERNARD BROWNE, M.D. .

Surgery of the Uterus and Adnexa Per Vaginam. By WILLIAM

H. WATHEN, M.D.

Another View of Conservative Surgery of the Tubes and Ova-

ries. By HENRY C. COE, M.D. .

Castration for Rudimentary Uterus-Absence of Vagina, Men-

strual Molimina. By HIRAM N. VINEBERG, M.D..

Migrant Tumors of the Uterus and Ovary. By I. S. STONE,

M.D.

The Immediate and Remote Results of Seventy-one Alexander

and Seventy-one Suspensio-uteri Operations. By W. L.

BURRAGE, M.D. .