On the treatment of hydatid tumours of the liver / by John Harley.

  • Harley, John, 1833-1921.
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[1883]
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    7 Reprinted from Vol. XII of' St. Thomas's Hospital Reports.'] it ON THE TREATMENT OP HYDATID TUMOURS OF THE L By JOHN HAELET, M.D. Since publishing my last paper on this subject in the e St. Thomas's Hospital Reports/ 1 only four cases of the disease have come under my care in the hospital. One, the subject of the present remarks; a second, was that of a woman in advanced life, who was admitted jaundiced and moribund into Christian Ward, with what from a superficial view (for she was too near death to allow of my making an examination) appeared to be ascites from malignant disease of the liver. The other two were cases in which the late Dr. Murchison had used simple puncture, one of these was in an extremely urgent condition from extension of the disease, and I transferred him at once to his care. As I am away from the hospital records, I cannot say what was the further progress of this case. The other case, in which eleven ounces of clear fluid were removed by the aspirator, continues under my care, and will probably require operative treatment at some future time. The case narrated below serves very well to illustrate the treatment of these cases, which I have on former occasions advocated, namely, the establishment of a free opening into the cyst, whether suppuration has occurred or not; the complete evacuation of its contents; and the radical cure of the disease by 1 Vol. viii, New Series.