The Hahnemannian monthly . mor could not be lifted out of the abdominal cavity, andit was with extreme difficulty that the broad ligament was tiedoff. The tumor, when opened, proved to be an ovarian cyst,which was in a state of acute inflammation, the inflammationhaving started somewhere in the vicinity of the broad ligamentand proceeded upward. The upper portion of the contents ofthe cyst was clear, the middle portion turbid, and the lowerportion pus, there being no distinct line of demarcation be-tween the different strata, but a gradual blending of one intothe other. In the course of enucle
The Hahnemannian monthly . mor could not be lifted out of the abdominal cavity, andit was with extreme difficulty that the broad ligament was tiedoff. The tumor, when opened, proved to be an ovarian cyst,which was in a state of acute inflammation, the inflammationhaving started somewhere in the vicinity of the broad ligamentand proceeded upward. The upper portion of the contents ofthe cyst was clear, the middle portion turbid, and the lowerportion pus, there being no distinct line of demarcation be-tween the different strata, but a gradual blending of one intothe other. In the course of enucleation a fibroid of the uteruswas discovered, consisting of an indeterminate number of sep-arate growths; but by the time the cyst was enucleated so thatit could be removed, the patients condition forbade furthermanipulation; also, the conditions were not favorable to an op-eration of such a character as had already been attempted,largely owing to improper instruments and accessories and in- To face page 640, October, Anterior , Cervix ; B, Right Ovary and Tube ; C, Uterine Cavity, To illustrate A Complicated Case of Fibromata Uteri, by Nathaniel W. Emerson, ,page 639, Hahnemanniax Monthly, October, 1899. To face page 641.
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