On a series of cases of cancer of the tongue / by Stanley Boyd and W. H. Unwin.

  • Boyd, James Stanley Newton, 1856-1916.
Date:
1903
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Credit: On a series of cases of cancer of the tongue / by Stanley Boyd and W. H. Unwin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    No. Name. Age. Duration. Condition on Admission. Sex. General. Local. Glands. 24 1902, May. Parker. M. 68 5 months pain on swallowing and earache. 2 weeks submaxillary lump-. Fair. Some loss of flesh. Ulcer on left edge of tongue, floor of mouth and mucosa of jaw, oppo- site second molar (on re- moval, growth ran half- inch into tongue and invaded alveolar process). Submaxillary small. (Salivary and lymphatic glands removed were not infected.) 25 1902, June. Gouter. M. 60 Occasional pain in swallowing 2 years. 5 months constant. 9 weeks trismus. Good. 20 lbs. lost in 4 months. Opens mouth half - inch between incisors: pro- trudes tongue half-inch, to right. Ulcer on right side of tongue opposite third molar, induration size of almond; right anterior pillar and soft palate to posterior edge involved : examination difficult. No glands felt. (No infection found after removal.) 19031 Jan. - - 10 days swelling noted. Good. Gaining weight. Still small sinus from neck into mouth—large area of bare bone felt along it. Swelling just below cer- vical scar, 1$ by f in., adherent to deep struc- tures. - 26 1902, July Adams, M. 55 2 months pain in eating. 4 weeks sore noted. Thin, fair colour. Had lost weight. Tongue almost fixed. Ulcer if by | in. on left side, reaching to anterior pillar and on to floor: infiltra- ting deeply (microscopi- cally : malignant type). None felt. Sub- 1 maxillary and upper sternomastoid regions full. (Glands in both regions infected.) 27 1902, Aug. Rudd. M. 75 18 months sore opposite rough tooth. 3 months submaxillary lump. 3 weeks swelling above clavicle. Healthy, Has lost flesh. Ulcer on left tongue from midline to edge, and from half-inch behind tip to anterior pillar. (On re- moval reported to infil- trate tongue in.) Fulness in left .1 submaxillary region 1 and beneath upper end of sterno- mastoid. Tender, adherent 1 in. lump 2 in. above clavicle. (All reported infected on removal.) FR^ENAL C 28 1893. Lamont, M. 58 6 months Good ij in. ulcer destroying frae- num and eating equally into tongue and floor. Mass felt beneath anterior third of tongue. Moved slightly on jaw. Gum not involved. Submental and |H right and left submaxillary. . :
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