Author, U: Edinburgh Medical Journal, Vol. 23

Excerpt from Edinburgh Medical Journal, Vol. 23: Combining the Monthly Journal of Medicine and the Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal; Part I, July to December 1877

Another good case in point is communicated by Dr Greene, civil medical officer of Serampore, in July 1871. A woman, aged sixty, was gored by a cow five days before admission to hospital. The wound measured 5 inches by 2, and extended from the crest of the left ilium downwards. Omentum protruded, measuring 5 inches long, 3 inches broad, and 15 inches thick. It was ¿attened, had the shape of the tongue, looked exactly like a bit of pancreas, was of a brown colour, foetid, and adhered to the lips of the wound. There was no pain or fever, and the bowels acted normally. A ligature was applied. The mass separated, the wound healed kindly, and the old woman made a good recovery. Dr Greene remarks that, had the wound been in the epigastrium, he would have believed that the protruded mass was pancreas.

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