`` `` an officer first noticed a small swelling in the inner side of the popliteal space , three days after a forced march on a rough road . the tumour only very gradually increased . about eighteen months after its first appearance a sudden effort at extending the leg caused a rupture of the wall of the cyst , the tumour disappearing at the same time that the calf of the leg began to swell . a bandage was applied , but the patient was not laid up . two years afterwards the cyst was larger than ever ; and for a short time the patient was obliged to lie up , as part of the fluid contents of the cyst , after a tight bandaging , had extended on both sides of the knee . ultimately the disease disappeared . '' ''
C0027651
tumou
C0010709
cys