Annual diary of health, or, Family physician & druggist : containing the necessary theoretical and practical manner of preparing medicines and preserving or curing yourself of disease, at small cost and with promptitude, of all curable evils, and of giving relief to those who labor under chronic or incurable diseases / by F.V. Raspail ; translated from the Paris edition of 1846 by A. Fortier.
- François-Vincent Raspail
- Date:
- 1846
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Annual diary of health, or, Family physician & druggist : containing the necessary theoretical and practical manner of preparing medicines and preserving or curing yourself of disease, at small cost and with promptitude, of all curable evils, and of giving relief to those who labor under chronic or incurable diseases / by F.V. Raspail ; translated from the Paris edition of 1846 by A. Fortier. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![invades the arm pit. the shoulder and insinuates itself under the omo- plate. I have seen a cancer of both breasts, which to extirpate, would have necessitated the removal of all the (lesh around the bust. Such an operation becomes impracticable. Treatment.—When you perceive a strangulated tissue which becomes swollen hardened and bumpy, apply immediately the saline poultice, (167) containing a large quantity of kitchen salt and well sprinkled with anodyne water. If the tissue softens, continue, for it is a sure sign of early cure. If on the contrary, in spite of this treat- ment, the gland continues hardening, you must, as soon as possible, have the surgeon to probe it with his bistoury and introduce in the wound a sufficient quantity of Vienna causiio (mixed in equal quan- tities of lime and potasli powder) to disorganise this tissue in the very root; in the meam time the patient must adopt.) he hyegenic and cam- phor regimen (262) and madder tisan (203) in which you dissolve a gramme of lode of potassium everyday. With this treatment you wall smother in its infancy a scourge, which later, would require a graver operation. If a first cauterizing is not sufficient, you must renew the application of the bistoury and cautery until the cancerous buds have disappeared. Besides, this operation does not cause much suffering and the weakest person can support it withou fear of any accident. When by the errors of the ancient expectative method,which operates only on cancers of a large volume, it has been permitted to arrive at dismensions which require an operation on a large scale, the surgeon must endeavor to remove the most he can of those cancerous and yellow granulated tissues. This being done, apply the dressing we have mentioned under the head of wounds (271), whether flat or otherwise. The patient will eat the very sameeveningandhavea good night's rest. But if after*a certain period, the cuticle is not formed over the whole wound, you must not hesitate to apply the Vienna Caustic above designated on the treatening surface and dress as usual; this would be a sign of the reappearance of the cancer. No fears are entertained when healing is complete. Finally, attack the cancer at its birth, this is the surer and easiest way of ridding yourself. No surgeon will refuse his services when you claim them. Examples of the good effects of this treatment. 1 °. A fruit vendor near my house requested my advice for one of her friends whose hardened breast presented an ulceration at the nipple. She had followed several modes of treatment without success. I ordered the nipple to be covered with camphor powder and lint pledgets covered with camphorated ointment (233) kept in place by a small plaster of diachylon ; to place around the hardened breast satchels filled with common kitchen salt reduced in fine powder [168]; and adopt tin camphorated regimen. With this treatment, she was immediately relieved and a cure progressed rapidly.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21149318_0070.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
