Cases of excision of a portion of the lower jaw for the cure of osteosarcoma affecting that bone : with some observations on the pathology of osteosarcomatous tumours / by Philip Crampton.

  • Crampton, Philip, 1777-1858.
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[1827]
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Credit: Cases of excision of a portion of the lower jaw for the cure of osteosarcoma affecting that bone : with some observations on the pathology of osteosarcomatous tumours / by Philip Crampton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    characters of these affections are to be traced— in the benign FORiM.oF osTEOSARCOMAj the local, and I might almost; say the encysted character of the disease, is evinced by the distinct line which separates the morbid growth from the soft parts with whidh it is in contact. It becomes apparent, that as the tumour has enlarged, it has pushed the soft parts before it, or insinuated itself into their interstices ; and that so far from becoming incor- porated with the surrounding structures, and assi- milating them to its own nature (as invariably happens in the advanced stage of malignant tu- mours) it has formed attachments so slight, that when the portion of bone fi-om whence the tumour springs is detached, the whole morbid growth may be (as it were) drawn out from the sur- rounding parts almost without the aid of the knife. The interior of the tumour presents a great variety of structure, but I should say in general, that the cartilaginous character which the tumour exhibits in its origin, prevails to the last. In the early stages of the disease the tumour consists of a dense elastic substance, resembling fibro- cartilaginous structure, but the resemblance is more in colour than in consistency, for it is not nearly so hard, and is granular rather than fibrous, so that it “ breaks short’** On cutting into the tumour the edge of the knife grates against * See plate, Eliza Howard's case.
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