r the left cornu of the hyoid bone. Chitten removed a dermoid
from the sternum of a female of thirty-nine, the cyst containing 11
ounces of atheromatous material. In the Museum of St. Bartholomew's
Hospital in London there is a congenital tumor which was removed from
the anterior mediastinum of a woman of twenty one, and contained
portions of skin, fat, sebaceous material, and two pieces of bone
similar to the superior maxilla, and in which several teeth were found.
Dermoids are found in the palate and pharynx, and open dermoids of the
conjunctiva are classified by Sutton with the moles. According to
Senn, Barker collected sixteen dermoid tumors of the tongue. Bryk
successfully removed a tumor of this nature the size of a fist.
Wellington Gray removed an enormous lingual dermoid from the mouth of a
negro. It contained 40 ounces of atheromatous material. Dermoids of the
rectum are reported. Duyse reports the history of a case of labor
during which a rectal dermoid was expelled. The dermoid contained a
cerebral vesicle, a rudimentary eye, a canine and a molar tooth, and a
piece of bone. There is little doubt that many cases of fetus in fetu
reported were really dermoids of the scrotum.

Ward reports the successful removal of a dermoid cyst weighing 30
pounds from a woman of thirty-two, the mother of two children aged ten
and twelve, respectively. The report is briefly as follows: "The
patient has always been in good health until within the last year,
during which time she has lost flesh and strength quite rapidly, and
when brought to my hospital by her physician, Dr. James of
Williamsburg, Kansas, was quite weak, although able to walk about the
house. A tumor had been growing for a number of years, but its growth
was so gradual that the patient had not considered her condition
critical until quite recently. The tumor was diagnosed to be cystoma of
the left ovary. Upon opening the sac with the trocar we were confronted
by complications entirely unlooked for, and its use had to be abandoned
entirely because the thick contents of the cyst would not flow freely,
and the presence of sebaceous matter blocked the instrument. As much of
the fluid as possible was removed, and the abdominal incision was
enlarged to allow of the removal of the large tumor. An ovarian
hematoma the size of a large orange was removed from the right side. We
washed the intestines quite as one would wash linen, since some of the
contents of the cyst ha