Surgical Cases from the Sambhu Nath Pundit Hospital

mischief were justifiable, so put in a drainage-tube, and treated the cavity as an abscess in any other part of the body. Over a pint of pus escaped, and there was a free discharge in the dressings subsequently, the patient being dressed at least twice a day. There was great improvement at first; he slept well that night, having scarcely any pain ; the temperature was normal, and the pulse dropped to 72; there was no vomiting and only occasional slight hiccup. He did well for four days and then began to grow weaker without obvious cause ; we did our very best for him with regard to feeding and nursing, but he slowly sunk and died the eighth day after the operation. Case V.?Appendicitis : Laparotomy : recovery. The patient, a stalwart young Mahommedan, aged 30 years, had been "complaining for several days of pain in the right iliac region, and, on admission to hospital in March, had a pronounced swelling on that side of the abdomen which elicited fluctuation