Tuberculous Glands in Axilla

or a matted up mass of tuberculous glands. We decided upon an operation, which I began to perform. Having made the usual skin incision and on displacing the subcutaneous fat and fascia on either side, I found out that it was a large mass of tuberculous glands, which had invaded not only the centre of the armpit, but the anterior and posterior folds of the axilla deeply. It was a tiresome dissection for some 45 minutes that cleared the centre and the posterior fold of the armpit of some 10 or 12 characteristic tuberculous glands, ranging from the size of a small chestnut to that of a large walnut. The main axillary artery and vein were exposed and some of the large branches passing down to the chest were cut and ligatured. On putting my finger deep under the anterior fold of axilla, I found another mass of four or five