An essay on the effects of carbonate, and other preparations of iron, upon cancer : with an inquiry into the nature of that and other diseases to which it bears a relation / by Richard Carmichael.

  • Carmichael, Richard, 1779-1849
Date:
1809
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Credit: An essay on the effects of carbonate, and other preparations of iron, upon cancer : with an inquiry into the nature of that and other diseases to which it bears a relation / by Richard Carmichael. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the certainty of my experience; but my experi- ence was so circumscribed, that I could merely guess at the virtues of the medicine rather than appreciate its value.—This is a misfortune I have not now to complain of ;—many and various are the cases a short interval has brought within my care or observation—alike im their symptoms, however different their circumstances—and vari- able the event of suecess or disappointment. But if experience has taught me, that in particu- lar instances the medicine may prove ineflica- tious, and must, where the ravages of the malady are great and extensive, yet] had almost universally the satisfaction of discovering its efficacy, where- ever the cancerous mass was not very much enlarged: and even when this was the case, instances were not wanting of a perfect recovery, and seldom indeed did it happen that the disease was unalleviated by the medicine. With some little precision therefore I am en- abled to point out, where it will probably succeed, and where it must unavoidably fail. ‘Fo ascer- tain this fact has been interesting to me, and J trust will prove not unserviceable to others.” I have also taken notice of some few circumstances connected with this disease, that I believe did not come within the observation of my prede. cessors, and which I conceive will explain a little more of its nature than we heretofore knew ; an enquiry which caught all my attention and