Subacute Inversion of the Uterus Treated with Aveling's Repositor

indurated mass thought to be due to chronic oedema. The omental swelling was about 10 cm. in diameter and appeared to be of a chronic inflammatory nature. The cause of the lesion remained obscure until, on exploring the omental mass, a sliver of bone was found buried in it near that aspect of the mass which had been apposed to the abdominal wall. There was no pus present. The bone was removed and the abdomen closed. The bone was found to be about 3 cm. long, with a diameter of 3-4 mm. at its middle; it tapered to points at both ends. The patient has remained well since. He had no knowledge of having swallowed the foreign body, which is believed to be a fragment of rabbit bone.