Excerpt from The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children, Vol. 61: January-June, 1910 In hydrops, occurring in the early catarrhal stage of an acute cholecystitis, or from the recurrent exacerbations of a chronic inflammation, the walls of the gall-bladder, greatly distended by the outpouring of mucus, generally become extremely tenuous. I have removed such a gall-bladder, measuring seven inches in length and one and one-half inches in diameter, in which the walls were as thin as tissue paper. Rupture of such a thin walled cystic gall-bladder is an ever existing danger. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children, Vol. 56: July-December, 1907 There are some of you who may remember the ridicule or skepticism that greeted the announcement of these measures; there are many more of you who remember how the pestilence gathered its terrors to itself and fled away in a night - and it has never returned. On December 21, less than three months later, Garrigues, in re porting the result of his work, was able to say: The effect of the treatment has been wonderful. As if by magic all trouble disappeared. Ninety-seven women have been delivered since its introduction and not only has none Of them died, but there has scarcely been any disease among them - only three had any rise of temperature. The pavilions are scarcely recognizable. Where we used to have offensive odors, feverish, prostrated, or despair ing patients, overworked nurses, and despondent doctors, the air is pure, the patients look well, their temperatures are normal, the nurses are cheerful, and the doctors happy. Could there be a greater triumph than this? Was ever greater lesson taught more quietly? What battle of the greatest general of the world's red fields was ever fraught with consequences more momentous? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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