Practical observations on cancer / by the late John Howard.
- Howard, John, Fellow of the College of Surgeons
- Date:
- 1811
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Credit: Practical observations on cancer / by the late John Howard. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![the breast appeared to be moveable, as well as tber small tumor towards the axilla, yet when the operator had proceeded half way posteriorly from the pectoral muscle, there was discovered, for a small space, something like part of a cyst attached to , this muscle, and there were positive appear- ances of a cyst lower down, the portions of which were so firmly attached that they could not be separated without taking a part of the muscle with them. The contents of the breast were one large hard gland, at the upper part, (a circumstance I have repeatedly seen); with blood, extravasated; diseased cellular membrane, seemingly in a sloughy state; and the tumor in the axilla a true glandular enlargement. The sore healed, but the disease re- pullulated, nearly in its original form. After a short time therefore it spread rapidly, and became elevated, with hardened base and edges, equalling before death the bulk of the original tumor. Case 41.]—A lady, of a habit and complexion evidently scrofulous, had one breast removed by the operation. The sore healed, but an enlarge- ment came upon the cicatrix, within a few weeks : this increased rapidly, with the purplish renitent appearance, and went into a state of ulceration, spreading to a great extent. She had a trouble- some cough, a difficulty in breathing, and was greatly emaciated and weakened by the pain and discharge, which were considerable. A total loss of appetite, sickness, vomiting, and constipation](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21458571_0100.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
