An essay on the effects of carbonate of iron, upon cancer : with an inquiry into the nature of that disease / by Richard Carmichael.

  • Carmichael, Richard, 1779-1849.
Date:
1806
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Credit: An essay on the effects of carbonate of iron, upon cancer : with an inquiry into the nature of that disease / by Richard Carmichael. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    b Lest 1 should offer a similar opportunity for animadversion, I shall relate a few cases in the first instance, but by disposing thena in the beginning of my essay, if they are not capable of satisfying curiosity or expectation, the Reader may avoid the disgust of proceeding further in a Work, wherein I profess to give but little of novelty; but to save him some little trouble in seeking for the facts that I have collected, and merely collected, because they strengthened my Arguments, by their authority, or illuminated a Subject whose ob- scurity my unassisted efforts could scarcely hope to remove. CASE L On the 20th of March, 1805, Mary Hutchin- son, aged 35 years, applied at St. George's lj)ispensary, to have advice for two foul Ulcers, situated at either side c f her nose, wdiich ex- actly corresponded with the description of that disease, vulgarly termed N^oli me tangere,—These Ulcers were attended with considerable indura- tion of the surrounding parts, but particularly of the upper Lip, with a dusky redness of the integuments ; and had hrst appeared about twelve