Cancer : its nature and treatment, with observations on certain diseases peculiar to women / by John Pattison, M.D.

  • Pattison, John
Date:
1863
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    successfulIj^, must be treated both ways), are the various preparations of the Hydrastis Canadensis, of myricin, of caulophyllin, of viburnin, of rumin, of xaiithoxylin, of helonine, &c., &c., used both exter- nally and internally, as the case may specially require. If there is any irregularity of the menstrual period, it must at once be rectified by administration either of baptisin or of macrotin. In cases of obstinate constipation, which usually exists in the cancerous subject, it must be corrected by the administration of leptandrin, or of podophyllin, or of nux vomica, and of sulphur, or of rhein and jalapin, generallj'-, using the second decimal dilution. These are the principal remedies employed by me in the first stage of a cancerous growth; but, of course, to determine which of them to adopt, requires experience and tact. One remedy, as hydrastis or myricin, will act as a specific in some cases, in others it maybe absolutely injurious. Let me now consider briefly some of those malprac- tices to which the patient ought never to submit. 1st. The Knife.—I have written so fully on this subject in my other books, that for full information regarding the evils that result from exsection by the knife, I must refer the reader to them ] only stating, that if this disease be one of the blood, the mere extirpation by a severe, and often fatal, operation, is worse than useless, as in ninety-nine cases out of one hundred operated upon, the disease returns within two years and a half; indeed, the average period of the re-appearance of the disease is only eleven months. 2nd. Never allow the Tincture of Iodine, or ami