A monograph on diseases of the breast : their pathology and treatment, with special reference to cancer.

  • Williams, W. Roger (William Roger)
Date:
1895
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Credit: A monograph on diseases of the breast : their pathology and treatment, with special reference to cancer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    PAGE —The Argument a posteriori—The Search for a Specific Cancer Microbe—Negative Results; Psorospermosis and Cancer; Inocula- tion Experiments; the Question of Infection and Epidemiology; Auto-inoculability ; Traumatic Dissemination; Conclusion ... ... 132 CHAPTER IX. The Morphology of Mammary Cancer. Definition of the Term Cancer—Influence of Locality—Two Varieties of Mammary Cancer : the tubular and acinous—The Term En- cephaloid discarded—Clinical Sketch of Acinous Cancer—Its General Morphology—The Primary Neoplasm—Histology—Karyo- kinesis and other Nuclear Phenomena—Pseudo-parasitic Endocytes —The Non-Specific Pathogenic Microbes of Cancer—Leucocytes— The Stroma—Ossifying, Chondrifying, and Calcifying Varieties—The Blood Vessels and Lymphatics of Cancer— The Absence of Nerves— Chemical Analysis—The Concomitant Hyperplasia and its Signifi- cance—The Nitric Acid Method of Examination—-Local Dissemina- tion—The Lymphatics of the Breast—Lymph gland Dissemination— General Dissemination—Cachexia—^Recurrence—Inflammation, Gan- grene, Ulceration, Degenerative Metamorphoses, the Question of Spontaneous Cure, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 151 CHAPTER X. The General Pathology of Mammary Cancer. The Influence of Sex—Age—Complexion, Race, Geographical Distribution and Topography—Family History : (a) heredity, {b) correlated here- ditary proclivities—The Prevalence of Cancer and its Increase—The General Health of Cancer Patients—Traumata, Chronic Irritation, and Cancer—Multiple Primary Cancer and the Association of Cancer with other Neoplasms—The Question of the Origin of Malignant from non-Malignant Neoplasms... ... ... ... ... ... 233 CHAPTER XI. The Varieties of Acinous Cancer. The Acute, Chronic, and Melanotic Types—^;? ctiirasse—Atrophic and Colloid Varieties—Carcinoma Myxomatodes ... ... ... ... 318 CHAPTER XII. The Clinical Features of Mammary Cancer. Symptomatology: pain, retraction of the nipple, dimpling of the skin, discharge from the nipple — Differential Diagnosis : indtiratio benigna, chronic mastitis, tubercle, cold abscess, &c ... ... 336 CHAPTER XIIL The Treatment of Acinous Cancer. Operative—Inadequate Operations—Anatomico-pathological Memorabilia— The Essentials of a thorough Operation—The Necessity for Extir- pating the whole Disease, as well as the whole Breast, and for Clear- ing the Axilla—The Pedoralis Major Muscle—Description of the Author's Operation—Antiseptic Precautions—Skin Grafting—The Mortality and Causes of Death after Operation—The Question of Radical Cure—Is Life Prolonged thereby?—Caustic Treatment— Palliatives ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .,. ... 94^