On the treatment of cancer by the regulated application of an anæsthetic temperature / by James Arnott.

  • Arnott, James (James Moncrieff), 1794-1885.
Date:
1851
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Credit: On the treatment of cancer by the regulated application of an anæsthetic temperature / by James Arnott. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tunity will soon be afforded by most hospitals ; and I am happy to state that the managers of the Brighton Dispensary, where the medical use of congelation originated, have, to a certain degree, granted it, by appropriating an apartment in their new building to the purpose of applying this remedy in cancer. It is to be hoped that their benevolent resolution will be followed and supported by a munificence of the character of that which endowed the cancer wards in the Middlesex Hospital; and to the extent of enabling the Institution to afford permanent, instead of only temporary accommodation to such cases of cancer, occur¬ ring in the town and neighbourhood, as may require it. It is proper to state that great part of the subsequent ob¬ servations have already appeared in a medical journal; and I am glad to have this opportunity of shewing that my extended experience, since this part was written, has amply confirmed the opinions therein enunciated. It would have been more satisfactory had I been able to report the issue of the cases of cancer related, but as, in the event of perfect cures being effected, much time may yet elapse before this takes place, I have thought it better to bring forward, without delay, what, next to a permanent remedy, is so urgently demanded in respect to this disease—a means of completely relieving its terrible pain, and arresting its rapid progress. Experience has proved that Cancer, in its common condition and localities, may he ren¬ dered absolutely painless, without disturbing the functions of the brain or other organs. Even were the benefit conferred by an anaesthetic temperature to be limited to this, there are few recent medical discoveries of a practical character which would exceed it in importance. London, 34, Baker Street, 20th Dec., 1850.
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