A Case of Liver Abscess Which Had Ruptured into the Abdominal Cavity
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In the April number of the Gazette, Captain Sargood Fry details two cases of liver abscess rupturing into the abdomen, followed by death. We have at present a case in hospital where rupture of such an abscess into the abdomen has not been followed by death and not only that, but there was a second abscess of the liver in addition. A Coorg was admitted complaining of abdominal pain for a month, increasing difficulty in defecating and had not passed a motion for 4
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