. Lectures on the diagnosis of abdominal tumors, delivered to the post-graduate class of Johns Hopkins university, 1893. formed by the dilated stomach. From a photograph taken during life. The photographs (Figs. 9 and 10) which I show you illus-trate this very well. They were taken during life from awoman, aged sixty-five years, who was admitted to thehospital complaining of attacks of vomiting which hadpersisted for nearly two years, during which time she hadbecome gradually emaciated and very weak. She had atintervals brought up enormous quantities of fluid. Ou in-spection, the abdomen was g
. Lectures on the diagnosis of abdominal tumors, delivered to the post-graduate class of Johns Hopkins university, 1893. formed by the dilated stomach. From a photograph taken during life. The photographs (Figs. 9 and 10) which I show you illus-trate this very well. They were taken during life from awoman, aged sixty-five years, who was admitted to thehospital complaining of attacks of vomiting which hadpersisted for nearly two years, during which time she hadbecome gradually emaciated and very weak. She had atintervals brought up enormous quantities of fluid. Ou in-spection, the abdomen was greatly distended, particularlyon the left side and in the umbilical and hypochondriac TUMORS OF THE STOMACH. 23 regions. It was uniform, but at intervals there were slightirregularities and elevations; no marked waves of contrac-tion. On palpation, the abdomen was everywhere soft, ex-cept at a point to the right of and just below the navel,where there was a hard, resistant mass. At first it seemedscarcely possible that the entire abdominal distention couldbe due to a dilated stomach, but the reduction in size after.
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