Remarks on cystic lymphangioma in childhood : its differential diagnosis and treatment / by D'Arcy Power.

  • Power, D'Arcy, 1855-1941.
Date:
1896
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Credit: Remarks on cystic lymphangioma in childhood : its differential diagnosis and treatment / by D'Arcy Power. 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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    lated tumour behind the ear was not touched. The skin wa.g drawn together with interrupted sutures of horsehair. The two edges of the wound came together accurately on the face, but there was a considerable excess of skin in the neck, so that it was thrown into folds. 1 did not regret this, for the skin of children retracts readily, and Nature is very kind in rendering their rough places smooth. A tube was put into the lower end of the wound, and a dressing of cyanide gauze was applied. The child was somewhat collapsed after the operation as it lost a considerable amount of blood in spite Fig. 2.—Photograph of same child seventeen months after removal of the tumour. of the prompt application of pressure forceps to the bleeding points, but it soon recovered. The tube was removed when the wound was dressed two days later, but no further dress- ing was required until August 31st, more than a week after- wards. The wound had then healed so completely that the sutures were removed, and the child was sent home. The child was again admitted to the hospital two months later for an attack; of diarrhoea, from which she recovered under appropriate treatment. She was readmitted to the hospital on June 26th, 1895, when her mother stated that for some weeks previously she