A treatise on cancer, and its treatment / by J. Weldon Fell.
- Jesse Weldon Fell
- Date:
- 1857
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A treatise on cancer, and its treatment / by J. Weldon Fell. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![She at once placed herself in her surgeon’s hands, who treated it as cancer; but, the tumour gradually increasing, she consulted Dr. Pettigrew upon the 24th October, 1855, who confirmed the opinion of her medical attendant, and recommended its removal by the knife, but to this she would not accede. After this, she applied a mixture of Fuller’s earth and linseed oil, until she came to see me to-day; and as she w^as very much agitated, I merely made a slight application, desiring her to return to-morrow. February 28th.—The tumour is about the size of a large egg, and the pain during the last three months has been “ shooting and stingingthe nipple is retracted, and the skin over the disease corrugated. To-day 1 destroyed the skin by acid, and afterwards applied the puccoon. March 15th.—I have continued the application of the puccoon almost daily until to-day, when 1 find the tumour is destroyed. March 23rd.—The tumour fell out during the night. March 25th.—I find that a small portion of the disease at the top of the sore has not been destroyed. Applied m} applications to it. April 15th.—The piece that was left has separated, and come away. May 18th.—Ulcer nearly healed. •June 5th.—Patient quite well. April 13th, 1857.—1 have seen the ])atieiit,and she is now perfectly well.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22336849_0084.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
