504 os was gradually dilated by sponge-tents. After two or three days, it was large enough to admit the finger. The surface of the uterine mucous membrane was now found to be studded with small bodies, about the size of beans and peas, in larger number about the internal os, but generally scattered over its whole surface. Those about the internal os were larger, and when the speculum was forcibly pressed against the os uteri, this was in part opened, and small polypous masses could be seen

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... uding. These were removed by a pair of pinchers, being first twisted, and forcibly extracted. The resistance of some of these, and the size of the pedicles, prevented the scraping out of those in the cavity by a curette. The patient was therefore left for a few days, till an instrument could be devised for their removal. At the suggestion of his colleague, Dr. Savage, Dr. Routh had an instrument prepared by Mr. Coxeter, the best idea of which is, that it was like an ordinary silver spoon, with the projecting convex portion removed, slanting inwards towards the handle, the upper and therefore most projecting convex