The patient, a boy of seven, recovered after excision of a small part of the protruding liver.

Lawson Tait has incised the liver to the extent of three inches, evacuated two gallons of hydatids, and obtained successful recovery in ten weeks.
There are several cases of wound of the liver followed by recovery reported by surgeons of the United States Army.

Whitehead mentions a man of twenty-two who on June 3, 1867, was shot in the liver by a slug from a pistol.

At the time of the injury he bled freely from the wound of entrance continuing to lose blood and bile until daylight the next morning, when the hemorrhage ceased, but the flow of bile kept on.

By June 10th there was considerable improvement, but the wound discharged blood-clots, bile, and serum.