PLYMOUTH MEDICAL SOCIETY.

The Technique of Halsted's Operation for Cancer of the Breast 1Read before the Plymouth Medical Society, October 27th, 1900.

appeared to me capable of improvement in several details. Several of these I employed in the following case : A married nullipara, aged 31, was sent to me for operation on August 14th last by Dr. Clay. She had a hard irregular mass, the size of a walnut, in the upper and outer segment of the left breast, movable on the chest-wall and not involving the skin. No glands palpable. Prior to removal ...

Medical Society

Medical Society

With the publication of the January number of its transactions, the Poona Medical Society completes the first year of its existence. The interest taken in the Society by its members is manifested by the numbers who attend its meetings, of which there have been three during the last quarter. The following gentlemen have shown cases and contributed articles of interest at the meetings, viz., Lieu...

Some Plymouth Worthies, Part 1

Most towns in this country have produced distinguished sons who have made valuable contributions to art and science in their time. Plymouth is no exception. This paper deals with some names, well-known or less recognised, who practised medicine and surgery in Plymouth during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Nearly all were Plymouth men, a few came from outside and one or two made their names ...

The Calcutta Medical Society

hospital with an acutely bent knee-joint. An abscess was detected on the outside of it which was opened. The operation was followed by sloughing cellulitis which spread up and down the limb, extending upwards beneath the quadriceps extensor and downwards between the gastrocnemius and soleus. The back of the head of the fibula was found tr> be bare, and subsequently the front of the shaft of the...