Notes on obstetrics and gynaecology Notes on obstetrics and gynaecology, taken from various textbooks, probably used in preparing the ante- and post-natal 'Talks to Mothers' described in MS 3179/6/1/12. Anaesthetics (Sandy); Menorrhagia [heavy periods] (Cook); Fashions in Gynaecology (Bannister); Vaginal Discharge (Rogues); Ovarian Tumour (Bonner); Affections of Vulva (Stanley Dodd); Salpinigitis [inflamation of the fallopian tubes] (Galletly); Fibroids (Read); Use of ?penaries (Ellison); Gynaecological Pain (Goodwin); Prolapse (Rivett); Post-operative Complication (Bannister); Endo-metriomata (Blair-bell) [Endometriosis] (Rogues); Cervical Fibroids (?Jonner); Radium (Stanley Dodd); Time Factor (apparently with reference to radium therapy); Retroversion [of the uterus] (Bell); Cancer of the Body of the Uterus (Ellison); Sterility (Goodwin); Tumour in Pregnancy (Rivett). 1930s-1940s