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sa^e of the feces, aud evea to delivery ; as iu the 

 followins: case. 



" Case 9. I had occasion to examine the body 

 of a woman, who had been for a very long time iu 

 labour. The natural efforts being inadequate to ex- 

 pel the child, it became necessary to have recourse 

 to the forceps to extract it. The patient ex- 

 pired three days afterwards. On examining the 

 body, I found a large mass of hydatids of different 

 sizps, connected with the upper part of the rectum, 

 and which had impeded delivery. 



•^ Case 10. In this case, a man of mid'Ue age 

 had been afflicted by a dropsy of the belly, and 

 jaundice for some time^ when three or four tumours, 

 of diiTerent sizes, appeared in different parts of the 

 parietes of the abdomen. These, when pressed, evi- 

 dently contained a fluid. 



" The patient lived only for a few months. 



" On dissection, the above mentioned swellings 

 were found to be hydatids, adhering to the perito- 

 neum lining the belly. 



" There were at least one hundred hydatids of 

 different sizes within the cavity of the abdomen, 

 some of which adhered to the liver, the others were 

 floating loose in the large quantity of water which 

 filled the belly. 



"Case 11. This case was treated by Dr. 

 Home in the clinical ward of the royal infirmary. 

 I obtained the following from the journals of the 

 hospital. 



