Cancer of the womb : its symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment / by Frederick John McCann.

  • McCann, Frederick John, 1889-
Date:
[1907]
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Credit: Cancer of the womb : its symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment / by Frederick John McCann. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CANCER OF THE WOMB Early Recognition. Pictorial Representation. Clinical Aspects. Surgical Treatment. After Treatment. Inoperable Cancer. f I 'HIS book is written in order to assist the practitioner A in the early recognition of Cancer of the Womb. For this purpose the Author has succeeded in collecting cases in which the disease has been found in its initial stages and photographs have been taken of the actual speci¬ mens removed. In addition, the different varieties of Cancer as it occurs in the Womb have been depicted and a short clinical history of each patient is given. The com¬ plete pictorial representation of every variety of Cancer as it occurs in the body and neck of the womb forms an important feature of the book. As the term “ Cancer ” is frequently employed to indicate every variety of malignant disease, an account is given of uterine sarcomata and chorion-epithelioma or deciduoma malignum, of which illustrative examples are described with photographic reproductions of the different types of sarcoma and chorion- epithelioma. A concise account is given of the microscopical appearances of uterine Cancer, and the value of the microscope as an aid to diagnosis is fully discussed. It is, however, the clinical aspects of the disease which have received the fullest con¬ sideration, as it is by the appreciation of the clinical signs, especially the importance of haemorrhage, that progress will be made towards earlier recognition of uterine Cancer. The importance of the microscope as an aid to diagnosis cannot be over-estimated, but it is most important to be able to estimate the value clinically of the early signs of this disease. A full description is given of the differential diagnosis and illustrative examples are quoted where necessary. The surgical treatment is described in detail, and the relative advantages of the different operations are considered, together with statistics culled from various sources. One chapter is devoted to a narration of cases operated on by the Author, a short clinical history being given together with a description of the disease removed, in order that the practitioner may more readily learn the clinical signs. The last chapter has been devoted to the after-treatment of abdominal and vaginal operations undertaken for uterine Cancer, full details being given. As the after-treatment of operation cases is now so fre¬ quently left to the patient’s own medical attendant, the Author has furnished a full account of the methods of treat¬ ment which he has found most efficacious in practice. Lastly, the treatment of Inoperable Cancer is described in detail. THIS VOLUME IS THE FIB ST OF A SERIES OF MONOGRAPHS WHICH WILL DEAL WITH MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE TO THE PROFESSION IN CONNEXION WITH THE DISEASES OF WOMEN. OF THESE A WORK ON “ STERILITY ” (BY THE SAME A UTHOR) AND TREATISES ON “ PUER¬ PERAL INFECTION ” AND “ PELVIC DISPLACEMENTS ” ARE IN ACTIVE PREPARA TION.