Rodent cancer : with photographic and other illustrations of its nature and treatment / by Charles H. Moore.
- Moore, Charles Hewitt, 1821-1870.
- Date:
- 1867
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Rodent cancer : with photographic and other illustrations of its nature and treatment / by Charles H. Moore. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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![Fits temporary and usually slight occasionally severe .... not fatal in any case of Eodent Cancer , examples of death in other cases . G-eneral fitness of Rodent Cancer for operation PAGE . 56 . 57 . 57 56, 123, 126 . 57 APPENDIX OF CASES. Case I. See Fig. 1. Eodent Cancer of the face, extending into the orbit, and destroy- ing the right eye . . . . . . • • .61 Eemoval of the disease by excision, followed by the application of caustic 64 An epileptiform fit 65 . 67 . 69 . 72 Eecovery. Closure of the gap in the face by a mask Death at 75 years of age, and post-mortem examination . Eemarks ......... Case II. See Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5. Very deep and extensive Eodent Cancer of all the central parts of the face 74 Eemoval of the rig ht eye and one half of the disease . . 79 No epilepsy. Material improvement of health .... 83 A fit following two punctures of the right upper lid . . .83 ^<Elemoval of the remaining half of the disease .... 84 Fits on the sixth and some following days . . . .86 Subsequent recovery of general health 87 Death from bilious cholera 89 Eemarks on cause of death and selection of diet . . .91 Case IIL See Figs. 6 and 7. Extensive Eodent Cancer of the central parts of the face, of twenty-six years' duration .93 Incomplete removal of the disease with the galvanic cautery . 94 Wildness of manner, but no fit 94 Eemoval of the right eye with some remaining disease in the orbit 9 7 A third operation for a small ulcer at the junction of the scar and left eyelids 97 Eecovery. Subsequent death from apoplexy (?)... 97 [Mr. Shaw likewise lost a case from sangTiineous apoplexy some weeks after an extensive operation for Eodent Cancer.]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21067983_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
