The history of an ovarium, wherein were found teeth, hair, and bones, by James Cleghorn, M.B. : vide Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy for 1787.

Date:
1790
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Credit: The history of an ovarium, wherein were found teeth, hair, and bones, by James Cleghorn, M.B. : vide Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy for 1787. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    *790, 1Q$ « place of obtaining any relief, (lie died ten days after the operation. The gentleman who performed the operation, opened her body af- rer death. Upon cutting into the abdomen, the firlt thing which prefented itfelf to view, under the peritoneum, was a large feemingly mufcular fac, which extended acrofs the abdo- men. Upon opening this fac, it was found to contain balls of a fatty fubftance, mixed with hair, and likewife with feveral bones. The operator, {truck with the lingularity of the appearance, cut out entire the bladder, re&um, and uterus with its appendages, together with fome portion of the labia pudendi and podex. Thefe parts were given to Dr Cleghorn ; and he here prefents us with a very particular and accurate account of the appearances. As the nature of our work does not admit of engrav- ings, we cannot con vey to the reader the fame accurate idea as lie would obtain from the ori- ginal. 13utwe prefume, that from the follow- ing account, the intelligent reader will have no difficulty in underflanding the principal morbid affe&ions which here took place. The bladder appeared to be of the natural £ze, and, when laid open, {hewed no morbid