Cancer of the womb : its symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment / by Frederick John McCann.

  • McCann, Frederick John, 1889-
Date:
[1907]
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Credit: Cancer of the womb : its symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment / by Frederick John McCann. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Anatomical Introduction. tEtiology. Cancer of the Neck and Body of the Womb. Spreading of Uterine Cancer. Diagnosis. Microscopical Appearances and Diagnosis. The Surgical Treatment of Uterine Cancer. The Value of Vaginal Total Extirpation of the Cancerous Uterus and the Extended Abdominal Operation. The Treatment of Inoperable Uterine Cancer. Sarcoma Uteri. Deciduoma Malignum. Cases. The After-treatment of Operations for Cancer of the Womb. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Frontispiece.—Deciduoma Malignum. Uterus removed by Vaginal Hysterectomy Plate from a Patient after the Menopause. (Natural size.) I.—The Lymphatics of the Uterus and Appendages. (Semi-diagrammatic.) Diagram of a vertical median section of the Uterus showing the positions where Cancer originates. II.—Papillomatous Growth arising from the Margin of the External Os Uteri. III. —Polypoid Growth from the Anterior Lip of the Cervix and a Papillomatous Growth from the Posterior Lip. IV. -—Infiltrating Carcinoma of the Vaginal Portion of the Cervix (Posterior Lip). V.—Early Carcinoma of the Vaginal Portion of the Cervix ; Infiltrating Type involving the Posterior Lip. (Natural size.) VI.—Infiltrating Carcinoma of the Vaginal Portion of the Cervix (Anterior Lip). VII.—Infiltrating Carcinoma of the Vaginal Portion of the Cervix (Anterior Lip). The same specimen after a vertical transverse section has been made. VIII.—Early Ulceration of the Vaginal Portion of the Cervix. IX.—Early Ulceration of the Vaginal Portion of the Cervix. X.—Early Ulceration of the Portio Vaginalis extending upwards into the Cervical Canal and outwards on to the Posterior Vaginal Wall. XI.—Superficial Carcinoma of the Cervical Mucosa (Early Stage). XII.—Superficial Carcinoma of the Mucous Membrane of the Cervical Canal (More Advanced Stage). XIII. —Carcinoma of the Mucous Membrane of the Cervical Canal causing hollowing out of the Posterior Cervical Wall. XIV. —Advanced Ulceration of the Cervix hollowing out the entire Canal and forming a Crateriform Ulcer at the Apex of the Vagina. Pyometra. XV.—Carcinoma infiltrating the Cervical Walls. XVI. Carcinoma infiltrating the Posterior Wall of the Cervix, and Ulceration commencing close to the Os Externum. XVII.—Cancer of the Cervix, with Extension of the Disease into the Body of the Uterus. XVIII.—Cancer of the Cervix extending upwards to the Body and Fundus of the Uterus. XIX.—The Diffuse Variety of Cancer of the Body of the Uterus. XX.—The Circumscribed or Papillomatous Variety of Cancer of the Body of the Uterus. XXL—Cancer of the Body of the Uterus. The Circumscribed or Papillomatous Variety. XXII.—Cancer of the Body of the Uterus. The Circumscribed or Papillomatous Variety (Early Stage). XXIII.—Cancer of the Body of the Uterus. Polypoidal Outgrowth just above the Os Internum ; Invasion of the Mucous Membrane in the direction of the Right Tubal Orifice. XXIV.—Papillomatous Growth arising at the level of the Os Internum. Continued on next page