Cephalic ballottement was obtained in the large tumor.

No sound was passed into the uterus for fear of setting up reflex action; the diagnosis of extrauterine gestation at about six and a half months with a living child was established without requiring to be clinched by proving the uterus empty.

The patient was kept absolutely at rest in bed and the edema of the left leg cured by position.

On April 30th the fundus of the tumor was 35 cm.

above the symphysis and the uterus 11 1/2 cm.; the cervix was soft as that of a primipara at term.