Ovarian cyst in an infant newly born.

  • Cullingworth, Charles J. (Charles James), 1841-1908.
Date:
[1874]
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Credit: Ovarian cyst in an infant newly born. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    ON the 24th January, 1874* ^ was ^.ancu up>uu LU iiiatvc a post-mortem examination of the body of a newly-born female child, whose mother was a domestic servant, and- was to be taken into custody on a charge of concealment of birth. The body was that of a well-nourished infant, at or near the full term. There were no marks of violence. The cord had been torn across at a distance of about an inch from - its termination in the child’s body, and at the line of junction with the body there was another rent partially detaching it. The lungs had not been fully inflated, but portions floated freely on water ; and as delivery was accomplished without assistance, and the child received into a pot de chambre and left there without any tendance, it is probable that the cause of death was suffocation. The post-mortem examination, however, proved to be of considerable scientific, if not of very great forensic interest. On examining the interior ■11 c Ovarian Cyst in an Infant newly born. a a. Fallopian tubes. b. Right ovary. c. Left ovary, with cyst attached. (The cyst is turned down- wards in the drawing to display the ovary.) d. Os uteri.