Transactions of the Society of Alumni of Bellevue Hospital (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Dr. Syms explained that he did not present this patient as illustrating the best results of this operation. The disease had clearly existed over two years in hei case, and consequently it was almost certain that there would be a recurrence. His object in presenting her was to show the excellent preservation of the function of the arm. This complete operation, being done almost entirely by blunt dissection, was almost bloodless if the important blood-vessels were secured before being cut, and the effect on the patient was less severe than that of an incomplete operation. This woman had been able to pursue her occupation of washerwoman in spite of the extensive operation done. Sarcoma of the Ovary with Ovariotomy, and Sarcoma of the Kidney with Nephrectomy, Both in the Same Case.?Dr. C. C. Barrows reported this case. The patient, a woman of fifty-eight years, had come under his care early in April because of a tumor which she had discovered in the right iliac fossa. The operation showed the presence of a sarcoma of the ovary, and this was removed. She recovered promptly, but returned three months later with a tumor in the region of the kidney. Through the anterior incision this tumor was removed, and proved to be a sarcomatous kidney. He felt confident that this second growth had not existed at the time of the first examination. Both of the tumors had been examined by a pathologist, who reported them to be sarcoma. A Vermiform Appendix containing a Minute Piece of Bone.?Dr. Charles Phelps reported this case. He stated that the attack had begun eight days ago, but the patient had not come under his observation until three days ago, and had been operated upon to-day. A small abscess had been found and evacuated. A perfectly smooth mass, feeling like a kidney, had been brought in...