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MAMMARY ABSCESS MISTAKEN FOR SCIRRHUS.
968 trary, this latter sign presents itself at a nimously elected to fill the office vacant by very early stage, when the intestine occu- the resignation of Mr. T. T. Coleby.
The President laid on the table the corre. Again, if the contents be portion of large intestine, the spondence between the Poor-Law Commis. meteorism is general, and gives a cylindri- sioners and himself, which appeared in the cal form to the abdomen; if by the small last LANCET. Petitions to both Houses of Parliament intestine, the hypogastric region alone is tympanitic, and it presents a spherical form. were laid on the table from the Nottingham When the strangulated part of the small Branch of the Association, and ordered to intestine is a portion close to the stomach, be forwarded for presentation. They were the meteorism is less marked than if the signed by seven physicians and twenty surlower part of the jegunum or ilium were geons, and prayed for an effective system of engaged.-French Gaz. Med., March 7, 1840. Medical Reform.. On the motion of Mr. BRADY, seconded by Mr. DAVIDSON, a Congratulatory Address on the Royal Marriage was unanimously voted MAMMARY ABSCESS MISTAKEN to the Queen,Prince Albert, and the Duchess FOR SCIRRHUS.
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THE best surgeons, it must be confessed, are sometimes mistaken in the diagnosis of disease. The following is an example:C. C., 28 years of age, not married, perceived, about two months ago, a tumour in the left breast. She consulted M. Roux, who advised her to enter the Hotel-Dieu. M. Roux examined the breast on several occasions: there was no apparent knottiness or fluctuation; the colour of the skin was normal ; nevertheless M. Roux determined on operating for supposed scirrhus. Two semieliptical incisions, about four to five inches in length, embraced the greater part of the mamma, and the surgeon was about to extirpate the gland, when an accidental touch of the scalpel near the lowest point of the tumnur, gave issue to an immense quantity of pus. The operation was, of course, suspended, and simple dressings were applied. The patient soon recovered. -Fi-ench Lancet, No. 10, 1840.
of Kent. Resolved unanimously, "That eight members of Council be requested to act as a Committee of Publication, with power to add to their number." Resolved unanimously, " That the halfyearly General Meeting of the Association be held at Exeter Hall, on Monday evening, the 30th March next, at 8 o’clock, P.M." The attention of the Council was called, in the course of the evening, to a Bill, inti. tuled " An Act to extend the Practice of Vaccination, now in progress in Parliament, when it was resolved unanimously,That a Sub-Committee be appointed to watch and consider the provisions of the said Bill." The Council having, during the evening, learnt with regret the death of Mr. George Parsons, a member of Council, and an active "Trustee of the Benevolent Fund," Mr. Robert Davidson was unanimously elected to the latter office. The Council then adjourned until Monday, the 30th March, at
7,
P.M.
ERRATA.-In Mr.
Campbell’s
paper on line 5, for11 volume," read volumes;page 429, col. 1, line 67, for read complained; page 430, "complain," Dr. WEBSTER, President, in the Chair. col. 1, line 33, for " stimntants," read demul, THE Minutes of the last meeting were cents;page 431, col. 1, line 37, for" digesread and confirmed. The ballot for a new tion," read dejeclionpage 432, line 40, for member of Council having been taken, Mr. " digestions," read dejections; same page, Robert Wallace, of Hackney-road, was una- line 38, for " dimutuent,’’ read demulcent,
BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION March 17, 1840.
"
Anuria," page 428,
END OF VOL. I.—1839-40.
The President laid on the table the corre. Again, if the contents be portion of large intestine, the spondence between the Poor-Law Commis. meteorism is general, and gives a cylindri- sioners and himself, which appeared in the cal form to the abdomen; if by the small last LANCET. Petitions to both Houses of Parliament intestine, the hypogastric region alone is tympanitic, and it presents a spherical form. were laid on the table from the Nottingham When the strangulated part of the small Branch of the Association, and ordered to intestine is a portion close to the stomach, be forwarded for presentation. They were the meteorism is less marked than if the signed by seven physicians and twenty surlower part of the jegunum or ilium were geons, and prayed for an effective system of engaged.-French Gaz. Med., March 7, 1840. Medical Reform.. On the motion of Mr. BRADY, seconded by Mr. DAVIDSON, a Congratulatory Address on the Royal Marriage was unanimously voted MAMMARY ABSCESS MISTAKEN to the Queen,Prince Albert, and the Duchess FOR SCIRRHUS.
pies
the
sac. a
formed by
THE best surgeons, it must be confessed, are sometimes mistaken in the diagnosis of disease. The following is an example:C. C., 28 years of age, not married, perceived, about two months ago, a tumour in the left breast. She consulted M. Roux, who advised her to enter the Hotel-Dieu. M. Roux examined the breast on several occasions: there was no apparent knottiness or fluctuation; the colour of the skin was normal ; nevertheless M. Roux determined on operating for supposed scirrhus. Two semieliptical incisions, about four to five inches in length, embraced the greater part of the mamma, and the surgeon was about to extirpate the gland, when an accidental touch of the scalpel near the lowest point of the tumnur, gave issue to an immense quantity of pus. The operation was, of course, suspended, and simple dressings were applied. The patient soon recovered. -Fi-ench Lancet, No. 10, 1840.
of Kent. Resolved unanimously, "That eight members of Council be requested to act as a Committee of Publication, with power to add to their number." Resolved unanimously, " That the halfyearly General Meeting of the Association be held at Exeter Hall, on Monday evening, the 30th March next, at 8 o’clock, P.M." The attention of the Council was called, in the course of the evening, to a Bill, inti. tuled " An Act to extend the Practice of Vaccination, now in progress in Parliament, when it was resolved unanimously,That a Sub-Committee be appointed to watch and consider the provisions of the said Bill." The Council having, during the evening, learnt with regret the death of Mr. George Parsons, a member of Council, and an active "Trustee of the Benevolent Fund," Mr. Robert Davidson was unanimously elected to the latter office. The Council then adjourned until Monday, the 30th March, at
7,
P.M.
ERRATA.-In Mr.
Campbell’s
paper on line 5, for11 volume," read volumes;page 429, col. 1, line 67, for read complained; page 430, "complain," Dr. WEBSTER, President, in the Chair. col. 1, line 33, for " stimntants," read demul, THE Minutes of the last meeting were cents;page 431, col. 1, line 37, for" digesread and confirmed. The ballot for a new tion," read dejeclionpage 432, line 40, for member of Council having been taken, Mr. " digestions," read dejections; same page, Robert Wallace, of Hackney-road, was una- line 38, for " dimutuent,’’ read demulcent,
BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION March 17, 1840.
"
Anuria," page 428,
END OF VOL. I.—1839-40.