Contracted Liver—Death 16 Years after Removal of the Cause

She had been a toddy drinker before admission and often asked for drink, saying she would dance if it were given her. She was violent, maniacal at times and indecent in her behaviour; but for years exhibited no signs of disease beyond occasionally placing her hands on her abdomen and saying she had some pain there. On the evening of 2nd September she had abdominal pain and refused food. The next morning she was walking about, until two hours before her death (at 11 a.m.), when she became rapidly collapsed. She had no diarrhoea or vomiting, and the cause of death was obscure until the