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Show and all the muscles cut. He was given ether, operated upon, and the bones, muscles, and skin sutured, and he gradually recovered. (3) Liver Abscess. Hsu Ch'eng Hai, 33, of Lintsing, came to the hospital May 8. Several months before he had had dy-sentary, and the organisms had reached his liver and caused an abscess, which was of unusual size. The physician devised a new method of treatment, in which he put two hollow needles into the liver abscess, with one withdrawing pus, and injecting a cleansing solution through the other. Two and a half pints of pus were withdrawn, and with the use of subcutaneous injections of emetine he was cured. His charges, over forty dollars, were entirely borne by the hosital. (4) Large Tumor of the Left Side of the Neck. Wu Heng Ling, 57, of Nankung, had a tumor grow on the left side of his neck as big as a man's head, 38 years in duratien, 9 inches long. 13 |