. Annual of the universal medical sciences. )itc of all efforts at resuscitation. Itsneck was twice tlie normal siz(% tlie two lobes of the tliyroid beinggreatly enlarged, and the trachea so compressed that breathing-would have been impossible. An lieredilary affection of this kind 28—ii—93 K-26 CURRIER. t Abscessesand Tumors. is very unusual. A congenital cyst of the neck is reported byMartin, jj„fso being at birth as large as the childs head. The fluid,clear and yellow, was emptied, through a needle-puncture, by themidwife who delivered the child, and three additional times, as itrefilled, i
. Annual of the universal medical sciences. )itc of all efforts at resuscitation. Itsneck was twice tlie normal siz(% tlie two lobes of the tliyroid beinggreatly enlarged, and the trachea so compressed that breathing-would have been impossible. An lieredilary affection of this kind 28—ii—93 K-26 CURRIER. t Abscessesand Tumors. is very unusual. A congenital cyst of the neck is reported byMartin, jj„fso being at birth as large as the childs head. The fluid,clear and yellow, was emptied, through a needle-puncture, by themidwife who delivered the child, and three additional times, as itrefilled, in the course of tlie next three weeks. The tumor wasextirpated, the wound healing kindly, and the patient case of congenital encephalocele is reported by O. S. Mills, j^uThe sac ruptured during delivery, and was removed a few hoursafter birth. It was sixteen inches in diameter. The patient diedon tlie day following the operation. The sac had no communica-tion with the cranial cavity, and so could hardly be considered an. Congenital Tumok of Middle Finger.(Bulhtin de la Societe Anatomique.) 19 Maj7 encephalocele. Cephalhfematoma is reported by O. W. Wilson,the tumor reaching the size of a hens eg^. The child was feebleand puny. During the sixth week of life the tumor rupturedspontaneously. Tlie child recovered and became a vigorous congenital tumor of the middle finger of the left hand is reportedby Chavane. ^,1,., Its lengtli was five centimetres, diameter two cen-timetres, circumference eight centimetres. Gangrene of the tissuewas apparent on the sixtli day, and the finger witli the tumor wasamputated. It was com])osed entirely of connective tissue. Thechild died the following day. (See illustration.) DIETETICS OF INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD; INFANTILE DIARRHCEA. By LOUIS STARR, PHILADELPHIA,AND W. M. POWELL, , ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. LACTATION. Walsh M^. believes that, as soon as the blood becomes impov-erished l)y the continued drain of prolonged l
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