The sac was opened and its contents were returned.

The woman died in a few days from peritonitis.
The gall-bladder was found close to the femoral ring, and showed a marked constriction.

The liver was misshapen from tight lacing, elongated and drawn downward toward the ring.

There was no evidence that any portion of intestine or other structure besides the gall-bladder had passed through the ring.
The fatality of rupture of the spleen is quite high.

Out of 83 cases of injury to this organ collected by Elder, and quoted by MacCormac, only 11 recovered; but the mortality is less in punctured or incised wounds of this organ, the same authorities mentioning 29 recoveries out of 35 cases.