Quoted by Hufeland, Van Wy mentions 1256 pounds of fluid being drawn from the abdomen of a woman in five years.

Kaltschmid describes a case of ascites in which, in 12 paracenteses, 500 pounds of fluid were removed.

In 1721 Morand reported two cases of ascites in one of which, by the means of 57 paracenteses, 970 pounds of fluid were drawn off in twenty-two months.

In the other case 1708 pounds of fluid issued in ten months.

There is a record of 484 pounds of "pus" being discharged during a dropsy.
The Philosophical Transactions contain the account of a case of hydronephrosis in which there were 240 pounds of water in the sac.
There are several cases on record in which ovarian dropsies have weighed over 100 pounds; and Blanchard mentions a uterine dropsy of 80 pounds.
The Ephemerides contains an account of a case of hydrocephalus in which there were 24 pounds of fluid, and similar cases have been noted.
Elliotson reports what he calls the largest quantity of pus from the liver on record.