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.
Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.
117/154 page 109
![ON CAXCER. XQ<) this sore was so far reduced, that there remained after its application for three months, only a very small scab. With this appearance, it very little excited the patient's attention ; and when I saw it last, it was in that state; since which, for a con- siderable time, it had spread again, as I heard,— whether owing to the discontinuance of the appli- cation or not, I do not know,—but he was after- wards cured by a gentleman somewhere in the neighbourhood of Pimlico. Case 56.]—A woman, aged 60, married, but who had never borne children, had a scirrhous tu- mor in one breast, which was fairly removed, and the sore healed in five weeks. She had a tumor at that time in the other breast also, but small, and not requiring immediate attention. In three months, this tumor increased, and became painful. In four months from the operation in the one breast, small tubercules arose; and the case ended unfavourably. Case 57.]—A woman, aged 48, married, but without breeding, had an ulcerated cancer, with disease in the axilla, which came originally from striking the part against a chest of drawers. She had not menstruated for five years. When admitted into the Hospital, the breast had beep in a state of ulceration for a month; and in another month, from the extension of the ulceration, the nipple was destroyed. A cough, difficulty in breathing, and other symptoms of weakness came on. Case .58.] A woman, aged 41, had a consider-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21458571_0117.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
