A contribution to the surgical pathology of sero-sanguineous cysts in the neck and axilla / by John Birkett.

  • Birkett, John, 1815-1904.
Date:
1868
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Credit: A contribution to the surgical pathology of sero-sanguineous cysts in the neck and axilla / by John Birkett. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    A CONTRIBUTION TO THE SURGICAL PATHOLOGY OE SERO-S ANGTJINEOUS CYSTS IN THE NECK AND AXILLA. BY JOHN BIRKETT, SURGEON TO GUY’S HOSPITAL. Received April 13th, 1868.—Read June 9th, 1868. The cases, the details of which I am about to relate, belong to the class of cystic tumours. That is to say, the tumour consists of a fibrous cyst or capsule which contains serous fluid. The principal cyst may be associated with numerous smaller cysts, with which it is sometimes in direct communication. But in other cases this is not observed. The serum, coagulable by heat and nitric acid, sometimes contains a constituent which coagulates spontaneously after the fluid is cold. The colour of the pure serum is a pale amber tint, but it varies between dark yellow, brown, or red according to the quantity of blood mixed with it; and, as will be observed hereafter, it varies at different times when taken out of the same cyst. This brief reference to facts will suffice to identify the cases to be related with those termed “ Hydrocele of the