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An extraordinary Cafe hi t Surgery , communicated 
by Mr. Jofeph At'kinfon Senior , Surgeon . 
A Maiden, about 20 Years of Age, was brought to 
me about Chrijhnas 1725 } who had a Tumour 
on the in fide of her right Thigh, extending from the 
Groin to the Knee, which was fo large, that 1 judg’d 
it contained at lead: the Quantity of a Gallon } the 
Cutis was exceedingly diftended, but of the natural. 
Colour, only, thecapillary Veins appear’d varicous, 
and very numerous j lhe had alfo a large Tumour on 
the Buttock of the fame Side, of the Bignefs of a 
Quartern Loaf ^ but when the Tumour on the Thigh 
was preffed, the Tumour above very much encreas’d, 
which fhew’d a Communication, and prov’d after- 
wards fo to be: She had alfo another Tumour on her 
right Side, firetching from the left Side of the V 
tebra of the Back to the Eypochondrium , about the 
Bignefs of a Penny Loaf, her Eody was very much 
emaciated, and fhe could hardly breathe, and the little 
Vi&uals flie eat very difficultly paffied out of the Sto- 
mach. She had had the Menfes but twice or thrice,, 
about 12 Months before the Beginning of thofe Tu- 
mours, and it is to be marked, that the Tumour of her 
Thigh began firfl, and increafed to near the Magni- 
tude 1 firfl faw it, before the Tumour of the Buttock 
and Hip began ’, after that, the Tumour of her Back 
began, which, as it increas’d, brought on great Diffi- 
culty in Breathing. She had been with feveral other 
Perfons, who advifed againfl opening the Tumour of 
her Thigh, mod of them being of the Opinion it 
was from Blood, and that her Cafe was incurable : 1 
confefs. 
