Absorption of a tumour in the broad ligament during pregnancy / A. Norman McArthur.

  • McArthur, Arthur Norman.
Date:
1906
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Credit: Absorption of a tumour in the broad ligament during pregnancy / A. Norman McArthur. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    July 20, 1906 larked Falling ■ three lethod in the catgut nee of eutro- r, the n. In . On ig the lasian in the to the question, in order to find out if any practical value can be attached to the blood examination of cases of hydatid disease. ABSORPTION OF A TUMOUR IN THE BROAD LIGAMENT DURING PREGNANCY. A. Norman McArthur, M.B., B.S. Melb., M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond. Hon. Obstetric Surgeon, Women’s Hospital, Melbourne. Hon. Gynaecological Surgeon to In-patients, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne. On the 18th of September of last year, a woman, married nine years, and aged 30, was sent to me at St. Vincent’s Hospital from Werribee. She was pregnant four months, and Dr. Kelly informed me that her health had failed somewhat during the last three years, in fact, since the birth of her last child. Fourteen days previous to admission she was attacked with severe pain in the lower abdomen, about the left iliac region. She had rigors, and a temperature ranging from 100° F. to 99° F. She was very constipated, her bowels acting only by enemata. She had had three children, the oldest 9 years, and the youngest 3 j'^ears of age. On examination, there was found a large rounded, fairly firm elastic swelling, occupying the left broad ligament, and encroaching