Page XXVIII. Calculations respecting the Period of Parturi- tion in Women. By Samuel Merriman, M.D. F.L.S. Fellow of the Medical and Chirurgical Society of XXIX. A Case of Extra-Uterine Gestation, in which the Foetus was extracted through an Aperture made in XXX. History of Two Cases of Laceration of the Uterus during Labour, after which one of the Women sur- vived nearly Eight Weeks, and the other perfectly recovered; with some General Remarks. By W. Birch, Esq. Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, XXXI. A Case of Rupture of the Uterus, successfully XXXIII. On the Treatment of Nævi Materni by Ligature. Page XXXV. On the Use of the Sulphate of Copper in Chronic Diarrhoea. To which are added some Observations on the Use of Acupuncture in Rheumatism. By J. Elliot- XXXVI. History of a Fungous Eruption curable by Mer- cury, but not of Venereal Origin. By W. Wallace, Esq. M.R.S.A. Surgeon to the Charitable Infirmary XXXVII. Cases of Fractured Neck of the Thigh-Bone XXXVIII. A Brief Notice of some Cases of Injury to the Hip-Joint. By Edward Stanley, Esq. Lecturer on Page 281. After the name of DAVID GALE ARNOT, Esq., for M.R.C.I. CASE IN WHICH A PIECE OF IRON WAS FOUND IN A CYST WITHIN THE THORAX, WHERE IT HAD REMAINED FOR FOURTEEN YEARS; BY DAVID GALE ARNOT, Esq. M. R. C.S. SURGEON TO THE HOSPITAL-SHIP GRAMPUS. COMMUNICATED BY C. J. ROBERTS, M.D. Read November 9, 1826. WILLIAM HUNT, aged forty-four, was admitted on board the Seaman's Hospital on the 23d February, 1826, with severe inflammation of the contents of the thorax, and died in a few hours. On admission, he stated that in 1812 he received a wound in his left side from a musketball, which was still in his chest, and that since that period he had been subject to violent inflammations after exposure to wet or cold. The present attack came on a few days ago after arriving from sea, where he had been much exposed to cold. Sectio Cadaveris. On opening the thorax the attention was directed to the left side, principally for the reason that there was a very obvious depression observable on the surface of the third rib. Continuing the examination, which was pursued with extreme caution, a cyst was seen, which was found to contain a piece of iron hoop about an inch in length, and of the form of a crescent. The lung of that side was completely hepatized. The upper part of the trachea and bronchia contained pus. The other lung was comparatively sound, inasmuch as the bronchia of that side did not contain pus; neither was that lung hepatized.-There were slight adhesions. |