140 Case of a Remarkable Diseased Uterus. 



In the month of February, being now forty, three years 

 old, and thirteen months from the commencement of 

 the complaint, her catamenia ceased. This was suc- 

 ceeded by a train of symptoms which carried her off. 



Having obtained permission, her body was opened 

 in the presence of several gentlemen, and the following 

 appearances were marked: the omentum covering the 

 abdominal viscera, to appearance healthy, but increased 

 (to speak within the bounds of moderation) to fifty 

 times its natural size. Its blood-vessels, which com- 

 posed the principal part of its bulk, measured one- 

 fourth of an inch and upwards in diameter. It was 

 attached to a tumour, presently to be described, into 

 which its blood-vessels evidently penetrated. 



The omentum was separated from its attachments, 

 and immediately beneath, and between it and the intes- 

 tines, lay a substance of a whitish colour, firm and re- 

 sisting to the touch, which had almost usurped the ca- 

 vity of the abdomen. The intestines were made to oc- 

 cupy but a small part of their natural situation, and the 

 spleen, stomach, and liver were forced high up into 

 their respective habitations. On dissecting away this 

 tumour, it was found to have formed some partial adhe- 

 sions to that part of the peritoneum which lines the pel- 

 vis. It was evidently discovered to proceed from 

 some part of the internal organs of generation, and, af- 

 ter separating it from the above attachments, by a trans- 

 verse section of the vagina, it was easily removed. 



