hepaticocholecystostcholecystenterostomy

— The Limit is Reached, says the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, when such words as the following are thrust upon us. A distinguished surgeon writes, “I report this case because it suggested a new operation, hepaticocholecystostcholecystenterostomy, or hepaticocholecystostenterostomy.” If our opinion were asked we should choose the second alternative, since it comprises thirty one instead of forty letters, but we should much prefer to be spared either, even granting the necessity of a single circumlocution in arriving at meaning.