Excerpt from Diagnosis of Ovarian Tumors For convenience sake, the development of an ovarian tumor may be divided into four stages. Now let me make a diagram: on the left side the tumor begins to grow; as long as it is within the pelvis it is in the first stage; if it grows up to the umbilicus, it is in the second stage from here to epigastrium, it is in the third stage; and up to its highest point. In the fourth stage its prominence and circumference is alone increased. Between those boundry lines you may make subdivisions again if you choose. The reason why these tumors occur more upon the left side, is owing to the fact that the left ovarian veins have no valves. Now let us reflect for a moment and see what disturbance we may ex peet to be produced by such a growth. 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.