Excerpt from Lectures on the Diagnosis of Abdominal Tumors: Delivered to the Post-Graduate Class, Johns Hopkins University, 1893 Gentlemen: I propose in the following course to bring before you the experience gleaned during a period of twelve months in the cases of abdominal tumor which have come before me for diagnosis. I have not included the cases admitted under the care of Dr. Thayer (my first assistant) during my absence in July and August, unless I had previously or have afterward seen them. The condition has been dictated at the time of examination, the diagnosis made, when possible, and the subsequent history of the cases has been carefully followed. I have not included in the list instances of ascites, appendicitis, or simple enlargement of the liver or spleen; only cases in which a definite tumor existed in connection with one or other of the abdominal organs. We shall take up the cases in the following order: stomach, of which there were twenty-four, liver and appendages, intestines and peritonaeum, renal, and miscellaneous. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."