New treatment of malignant diseases and cancer, without incision / [Antoine Martin Bureaud-Riofrey].

  • Bureaud-Riofrey, A.-M. (Antoine-Martin), 1803-
Date:
1836
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: New treatment of malignant diseases and cancer, without incision / [Antoine Martin Bureaud-Riofrey]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CAUSTIC POTASS. Caustic Potass creates a burning sensation half an hour after the application; the heat increases, and does not cease for six or eight hours. This caustic loses its action in twelve hours; the Eschar produced by it covers the depth of the skin: it is soft, dark grey, and is fifteen, sometimes thirty days before it comes away, according to the suppurative means em¬ ployed. The extreme deliquescence of potass, and the slowness of its action have cast on it a certain discredit. The deliquium of potass prevents its action being limited or depended upon. The eschar is sometimes larger than wished for, and extends itself to a greater depth than necessary. It has been justly observed, that the slow¬ ness of cauterization, occasions great incon¬ venience, as the surgeon is obliged to cover the caustic with a bandage that is easily dis¬ placed, and permeable to atmospheric humi¬ dity, which prevents the escharotic action of the alkali being seen and properly directed. Whilst visiting cancerous patients, I often heard Dr. Canquoin speak in praise of the