3,74 OF HYDATIDS. 



a dropsy of the ovarium ; but as she h^d suffer- 

 ed more pain in it than is common in that disease^ 

 he gnspected that it might be owing to a cyst full 

 of hydatids. About a fortnight afterwards, the tu- 

 mour subsided during the night time, and the pa- 

 tient told him that she had passed several waterj 

 stools with skins in them. 



" Case 4. Mr. D. C. about thirty years of age, 

 consulted my father, on account of a large tumour 

 within the left side of the belly, in which there was 

 the fluctuation of a liquor, and as there had been 

 no symptoms of inflammation and suppuration, he 

 supposed it to contain hydatids. Several months 

 afterili'ards, in the year i775, be was again called 

 to tlie patient with his surgeon, the late Mr. John 

 Balfour. 



" A tumour, in a state of inflammation, project- 

 ed between the twefth rib and os ilium of the left 

 side, and there was an opening of the skin, at the 

 point of the tumour, through which it seemed prob- 

 able that the contents of the tumour would soon be 

 discharged, 



*< It was therefore agreed to enlarge the open- 

 ing in the skin, and on introducing the finger into 

 the wound, and pressing on the abdomen, the fluc- 

 tuation of the liquor in the cyst was distinctly per- 

 cei ed. An incision was tiierefore made into it, 

 and four pounds of hydatids were discharged. 



"The orifice closed in a few weeks, and the pa- 

 tient considered himself for several years as cured. 

 But after a time^ the patient said he begau to feel 



