Tait

Tait (Lawson Tait, 1845-99), outstanding English gynecologist. Shortly after completing his medical education in Edinburgh, T. took up the position of gynecologist at the newly founded women's hospital in Birmingham (1871). It was in this hospital that his entire subsequent activity took place, which brought him world fame. Not recognizing the basic principles of Lister's antiseptics, T. nevertheless achieved exceptionally brilliant results in his surgical activity, as evidenced by his report on 4,000 laparotomies, published in 1894. Of T.'s literary works, his monograph on diseases of the ovaries, which went through 4 editions, "The pathology and treatment of the ovaries" (1st ed.-L., 1873; 4th-1883), was particularly famous in its time, followed by lectures on ectopic pregnancy: "Lectures on ectopic pregnancy and pelvic haematocele" (L., 1889), and finally a textbook on women's diseases: "Diseases of women and abdominal surgery" (L., 1889). He proposed an operation for suturing perineal ruptures, which received wide distribution and is still used to this day.