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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![brought the sore to heal nearly, but that she died of a hectic fever, notwithstanding,—having had the resolution to use the toads many times.—This case occurred several years ago, and I shall never forget how rapidly her health declined, imme- diately after the caustic had produced ulceration. The son of a sister of the above person, was highly scrofulous. Case 27.]—A lady of high rank, aged 70, had a small, moveable tumor in one breast; su- perficially hard, and of a shining purplish hue, without any other mark of disease in the breast. She would not submit to an operation, although the tumor was favourably circumstanced. It had been kept quiet for months, by a particular soap- plaister which her surgeon was in the habit of using, spread on thin leather; but, at length the skin broke, from the increase of the tumor; and, from that apparently trifling ulceration, her ge- neral health became affected, and she did not live a month.—So dangerous are all ulcerations in Can- cer, whether brought on by the natural course of the disease, or prematurely and improperly by bad management! Case 28.]—A lady had a scirrhous tumor in one breast, moveable, the skin neither discoloured nor inflamed. Upon a consultation, the application of crude mercury, extinguished by hog's-lard only, was recommended, superficially, upon lint, but not to be rubbed in by this application alone, the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21458571_0081.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
