Hydatid disease of the liver : its diagnosis and treatment / by Mortimer Balding.

Date:
[1881?]
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Credit: Hydatid disease of the liver : its diagnosis and treatment / by Mortimer Balding. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    lobe of the liver. It communicated with the exterior by means of the sinus made by the trocar. The opening into the sac, which was near its lower border, was covered by a valve-like fold of the thick fibrous membrane which everywhere lined the cavity. Below this cyst in the right lobe of the liver, and separated from it by a thick layer of fibrous tissue, was a cyst the size of a duck's egg, containing closely packed shreds of hydatid membrane. Table showing the number of Cases in each Sex in each of the accompanying Tables. Males. Females. Sex not Total. given. Table I 35 33 3 71 i > II 12 23 35 »» Ill 25 23 1 49 j> IV 14 13 11 38 >> V 21 6 3 30 j> VI 4 5 9 »> VII 14 2 35 130 117 20 267 Table showing the number of Cases in each period of 5 Years from Birth to 75 Years of Age in the accompanying Tables. Periods of 5 Years. I. II. III. Tables IV. V. VI. VII. Total. Birth to 5 years 5 to io ,, io „ IS „ 15 » 20 „ 20 „ 25 „ 25 ,, 3° 3° » 35 » 35 .» 40 „ 40 „ 45 » 45 » 5° .» 50 » 55 ». 55 » 60 » 60 „ 65 ,, 65 ,. 70 „ 70 „ 75 x, Age not stated 1 4 5 9 9 9 12 4 5 5 8 2 2 6 3 5 7 6 1 3 1 2 5 5 8 6 5 3 2 4 I 7 1 2 2 1 7 4 1 1 3 1 2 1 12 1 2 2 2 3 3 5 1 1 2 8 2 4 1 1 1 1 4 1 3 4 5 3 2 3 2 1 6 4 14 15 27 21 36 36 26 12 13 4 10 4 1 44 Total 7i 35 49 38 30 9 35 267