Supplementary remarks upon the treatment of cutaneous malignant epithelioma (cancers) / by A.R. Robinson.
- Robinson, Andrew Rose, 1845-1924
- Date:
- [1893?]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Supplementary remarks upon the treatment of cutaneous malignant epithelioma (cancers) / by A.R. Robinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![SUPPLEMENTARY REMARKS UPON THE TREATMENT OP CUTANEOUS MALIGNANT EPITHELIO- MATA (GANGERS). By A. R. Robikson. M.B,, Etc. Professor of Dermatology at the New York Polyclinic; Attend¬ ing Physician to the New York Cancer Hospital, etc. In the July number of the I^^^TER]srATIONAL Joukn’AL OF Surgery, 1892, a paper was published by me entitled: “ Some Considerations on the Treatment of Cutaneous Malignant Epitheliomata/^ In that paper the manner of extension of the pathological epithelial cells was fully discussed and illustrated by drawings, not only as regards the seat of the primary tumor,but also in reference to the formation of the secondary tumors. It was shown, as had already been done by other observers, that the secondary tumors owed their origin exclusively to epithelia derived originally from the epithelia of the primary tumor. The logical inference from this view was that an operation that removed all the pathological epithelia would com¬ pletely eradicate the disease. If the process was still confined to the seat of origin, a surgical operation with a knife, if carried beyond the seat of the most peripherally lying pathological epithelial cell, would be a successful operation as regards removal of the new growth, and in many cases, I stated that the knife was the most humane and proper agent to be employed. In a large number of cases, however, of cutaneous can¬ cers, a successful result can be obtained with but little pain and comparatively slight deformity, by caustics properly applied, and in these cases an operation with](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30588923_0003.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
