Case of a Remarkable Diseased Uterus. 141 



On reviewing the abdominal viscera, the vesicula 

 fellis and vesica urinaria were found preternaturally en- 

 larged, which was attributed to the pressure of the up- 

 per part of the tumour on the ductus communis choli- 

 dicus in the first case, and to its pressure on the pubis 

 in the latter. In the doublings of the peritoneum, 

 formed by its reflection over the intestines, were disco- 

 vered innumerable small collections of a watery fluid, 

 which appeared to be contained in the cells of the cel- 

 lular membrane. 



The parts which had been dissected away were now 

 examined. The ligamenta lata et rotunda, the ovaria, 

 thetubae fallopianae, and vagina were distinctly observa- 

 ble and free from disease, except that the fallopian 

 tubes were somewhat elongated and distended with an 

 aqueous fluid which they contained. The os tincae 

 was perfectly natural in size and appearance, but the 

 uterus, which was discovered to be the seat of disease, 

 was lengthened to six or seven inches, and increased 

 in diameter to about four. Its cavity was of the depth 

 of a common probe, and of its ordinary width. In the 

 body of the uterus was found several other bodies of 

 a firmer texture than the uterus itself, and of a round- 

 ish form; some of which, on their exterior surface, 

 were surrounded by a thick bony incrustation. 

 From the body of the uterus, likewise, proceeded a 

 number of tumours of a kidney-shape, weighing from 

 half an ounce to upwards of a pound. These ad- 

 hered, some by a short, thick, others by a long, slen- 

 der neck, which last seemed to be composed of a re- 

 flection of the peritoneum, of cellular membrane, and of 



