Two Interesting Cases of Liver Abscess

In view of the report in the Indian Medical Gazette for October 1924, p. 488, by Captain ASargood Fry, i.m.s., of spontaneous absorption of large abscesses of the liver under emetine therapy alone, without even aspiration, the following two cases may be of interest. In the first a large abscess was present, and, with the exception of 1 c.c. of pus withdrawn by a hypodermic syringe in order to confirm the diagnosis, cleared up spontaneously on emetine therapy alone, without aspiration: in the second, invasion of the lung had occurred, but yielded completely to emetine therapy. Case 1.?Gobind, aged 46, Hindu male, 3 cultivator, was admitted to hospital on 5th January 1925. On admission he was bedridden, very much emaciated, sallow and an?" mic. There was no history of previous dy~ senterv or diarrhoea, but the bowels were habitually irregular, even constipated. In the right hypochondriac region was a prominent bulging swelling, extending downwards to within one finger-breadth of the umbilicus, occupying a large part of the left hypochondrium also, extending in the right axillary line to 5^ finger-breadths below the