AINHUM OF A SUPERNUMERARY FINGER. By Assistant-Surgeon H. M. SEN, m.b.,
Municipal Hospital, Chittagong,
Khatun, a female child, 6 months brought to the Out-door Dispensary 011 20th July 1892. There was a comparatively large growth on the left little finger hanging by Safara
old,
a
was
very thin pedicle from the middle of the third The pedicle was about long and 1 line
joint.
thick. The growth was globular in shape, about the size of a marble, with a tiny little well-developed nail at its end. The pedicle had two joints, and a line of construction was forming at the The circulation end attached to the growth. in the growth was getting obstructed. There was tlie purple appearance of gangrene setting in, and the part was anaesthetic. Nature was working its way to throw the abnormality off. The child was well developed and healthylooking. The little finger was equally well developed with the rest. There was a similar growth in the little finger of the right hand ; it dropped oft' of itself when the child was two months old. The father of the child had similar growths, but none of his other children had any.
Municipal Hospital, Chittagong,
Khatun, a female child, 6 months brought to the Out-door Dispensary 011 20th July 1892. There was a comparatively large growth on the left little finger hanging by Safara
old,
a
was
very thin pedicle from the middle of the third The pedicle was about long and 1 line
joint.
thick. The growth was globular in shape, about the size of a marble, with a tiny little well-developed nail at its end. The pedicle had two joints, and a line of construction was forming at the The circulation end attached to the growth. in the growth was getting obstructed. There was tlie purple appearance of gangrene setting in, and the part was anaesthetic. Nature was working its way to throw the abnormality off. The child was well developed and healthylooking. The little finger was equally well developed with the rest. There was a similar growth in the little finger of the right hand ; it dropped oft' of itself when the child was two months old. The father of the child had similar growths, but none of his other children had any.
