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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![nexion with syphilis. I had seen her frequently in the country; and if the tumor was not cancer- ous, I know not what to call it. According to her own account, as above stated, its origin was a pimple; but, having known an instance of a worm having been discovered upon opening the skin of a forehead, it has often struck me that this might have heen produced by an animalcule of some kind or other; for she got her living by working in the fields, both in summer and winter, and was fre- quently exposed to sun and heat. Had she lived, the tumor was so isolated that it might possibly have been removed by astringents, caustics, or the cautery. Case .51.]—Many years ago, I was desired by an apothecary to see a boy of about ten years of age. He had a spongy and considerably elevated fungus on his chin: it was not painful, nor had it a hard base, but seemed superficial. I had lon<<* entertained an opinion that some fungous excres- cences might be mortified by a strong solution of Saccharum Saturni: this application was used to the fungus. Its sedative power was so great that it turned the fungus black, mortifying it com- pletely, so that the escar fell off. I had after- wards a clean sore, without pain, which healed perfectly by means of the usual dressings, with no remaining hardness. Case 52.]—An elderly man came from the coun- try with a disease in the under-lip, which had](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21458571_0113.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
