Case of Mycetoma of the Abdominal Wall
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swellings appeared in the neighbourhood and burst, discharging similar bodies. The disease spread chiefly in an upward direction and implicated the wall of the abdomen. He has occasionally suffered slight pain in the part, but his general health has uot been affected. He says that he has always been very thin, but this he ascribes to not being able to take food well, owing to stiffness of the jaw which has existed since infancy. On admission the patient was found to be
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