Vascular tumour in the orbit, of many years' standing, and latterly producing threatening symptoms, successfully treated by injecting with tannic acid / by Haynes Walton.

  • Walton, Henry Haynes, 1816-1889.
Date:
[1857?]
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Credit: Vascular tumour in the orbit, of many years' standing, and latterly producing threatening symptoms, successfully treated by injecting with tannic acid / by Haynes Walton. 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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    efficacy. A year has elapsed since its execution. There is not the least trace of the disease, nor is there evidence, except under close inspection, of the exercise of practical surgery. The tears are conveyed away naturally. The eyeball moves more freely than before the operation. My patient and her friends are highly pleased with the result. I can, therefore, with proper authority, speak of the result as a cure, and recommend a similar procedure under like conditions.