There is an old record of a woman of fifty who had suffered from ascites for thirty years.

She had been punctured 154 times, and each time about 20 pints were drawn off.

During each of two pregnancies she was punctured three or four times; one of her children was still living.

It has been said that there was a case in Paris of a person who was punctured 300 times for ascites.

Scott reports a case of ascites in which 928 pints of water were drawn off in 24 successive tappings, from February, 1777, to May, 1778.