Cancer : its true nature, treatment, & cure : illustrated by cases / by John Pattison.

  • Pattison, John
Date:
1855
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Credit: Cancer : its true nature, treatment, & cure : illustrated by cases / by John Pattison. 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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    health)' appearance, and its rapidly healing, I had no hesita- tion to give my consent to her leaving town. And to-day, the 9th of June, I have received the following letter from her husband:— “Glasgow, 7th June, 1854. “ Deae Sie,—I am extremely glad to inform you that Mrs. W. is in good health, and the healthy wound, which was open when she left London, is entirely closed, eovered over with a white skin, is free from pain, and she is gaining strength daily ; and I have not the least doubt but that the leg will be in a short time as strong as ever it was: the wound has closed in the time you mentioned, namely, in three weeks; and I am truly thankful to say, that the veiy deeply diseased ulcer, of five years’ standing, is now thoroughly cured in the space of three months and a half. Mrs. W. will be most happy to satisfy any inquiries which you may refer to her, either in or out of Glasgow. (Signed) “ B. W. “ To John Pattison, Esq., M.D.” This lady called upon me when I was in Glasgow last Sep- tember, and I found her quite well, and able to walk without the least pain or inconvenience. 31, Grosvenor Street, 10/A November, 1851. Elizab6th. BoyC6, ag6d 19, malignant ulceration of the lip, commenced as a small crack, when her surgeon applied caustics repeatedly, so when I saw her on 12th January last, the lip was one mass of ulceration, and enormously swollen, accompanied with sharp darting pains. I made my first appli- cation on the 13th January, 1855, and on the 30th April fol- lowing she was dismissed perfectly cured. I have seen this patient, and her lip is quite well. June \‘lth, 1855. t
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