Practical observations on cancer / by the late John Howard.
- Howard, John, Fellow of the College of Surgeons
- Date:
- 1811
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Practical observations on cancer / by the late John Howard. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![This person was in the constant habit of chewing tobacco. Case 55.]-—A woman, aged 61, had a large can- cerous breast, extending into the axilla. It began, by her account, near the sternum, and thence ex- tended to the body of the breast: it came to its present size and state in between six and seven years, and for the last nine months had increased with extraordinary rapidity. She was a married person, but had never had children. It was fourteen years since she had menstruated: was a large woman, leucophlegmatic and asthmatic; and the breast was of a prodigious size, but not ulcer- ated. Although the cancer was not ulcerated, the carrot-poultice was applied, which gave some re- lief, and lessened the size of the breast; but in different parts there was much hardness, and ulcer- ation seemed coming on, from the tenseness of the skin. The hardness in the axilla increased, with a very troublesome cough. She was of a costive habit, but was relieved by the use of Epsom salts. At length, ulceration of the tubercles of the skin took place in one part of the breast, attended with a considerable discharge; but by the carrot-poultice she was kept tolerably easy, and the sore was pre- served from fcetor. Tbe application of Red Onions was tried, but it irritated the sore, and therefore carrots were again had recourse to :—Wiltshire Ilolt Water gave some relief, though not much. She desired to be discharged, hUving a little in](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21458571_0115.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
