The weekly Louisianian., 1872-10-26

Then comparing tae.e -.
toeiaer and with the anst,- ".
e.1e 81 known e~harsctsn ns |.
;os's sso~th., you will h. o.
eliminate such as are i,s sa''s
- your examination, and 10
rive At Whist the tumour !. ~
tanning what it is not. W
First, then, you will M.
eamstances about the individual sl 20
age and history. As to .sa y
and childhood are liable 10 o., s,1 .4''
eer' enchondroma and struuaoa'
ines. Adult life is the per;oa, -
hypertrophies, such as abron. ~,
'omours' 1or cancroid and i.
acute cancers in organs which ~,
in arriving at maturity, as The ",'
OF generation. As the pa;e,'
vances in age slow growing en;n.s.1
and schirrous becomes p,sdon;iaa''
I fNitM
Cancer and cancroid form ths ~
majority Of the tu,nours th,t -,
with, If age be excluded from NM.
s'deration. Sex exercises SIN r,s
influence on our diagnosis.
When We glance at the tsble. Il !.
datics We find the cancers Of y.
male breast and uterus surpsss il n,
Der all tumours in all situation,
together, OF these scir:hus Of The ,tr
and breast form the bulk.
Women are also subject to ip,o,,
chronic mamary, assesses and
mours and assesses Of the breast
Women are also subject to epaht,
oma of the rectum; men mora n.
women to epithlioma Of the faep a,
lips. Generally as regards tsu,s,
aments and appearance thin, s.l,,
unhealthy looking people are suppose
to be more subject to cancer, buts
bardaceous variety show that The b
test people are not exempt from it.
melancholy brooding is often eonps
ed with cancer as it is with .ny d.
ease of perverted nutrition.
But on the other hand, to vhsk,e
amount of cheerfulness Of temper us
be an item in favor Of recovery ate
operation, it is little protection again.
the primary development Of disease.
There are sufficiently numeromeasss
on record of both cancer and canerdi
growths occurring in successive genen
tions to prevent our denying the inaq
ence of their hereditary trausmiu
bility, but at the same time these a
few in comparison to the total uunhs
of cases.
/ have seen curious and malkedin
stances OF the REPETITION Of eneyss
which have just Is mut
weight for hereditary Influence IS d
adduced in its favor in ths m
Of cancer.
Accidental violence is much in b
same category, it may give an impea
10 a latent tendency and a locus to th
but no more.
It seems to me very doubtful vheh
Or the statement is correct That the ID
,noid or chronic mamary tumour ha
is origin in the effusion OF blood
We now come, Secondly, to the pro
,eorties of the tumours themselves; o
his point I have said much that n'e
lot DO repeated.
The situation, size, weight, ahsl1
nd mobility or fixcdness OF tho ~
,our, its duration and rate o progr's
he color and alteration of tho Skid
10 appearance Of the ulcer, lit ono e.
ts) and the nataro Of the discharge
le solid or multiple nature Of the ~
our, glandular irritatatioa or lnie1
on in the neighborhood or at q as
nee must all be carefully ezamlne1
I'd weighed. Acute cancer is "p'1
ID attains often q very large s'7e' \
than a non-cancerou grown
seldom multiple, and will imphes'
time all adjacent structure, tho''s9
seldom poisons the glands when Pr
lary, and it almostsalways returns 10
idly and extensively in the glandu''1
I'D visceral organs after removal
Adenoid tumours are much smaller
cry chronic, very movable, perfectly
and never affects the g'sa'A
: the system, though they ore some
mes multiple in the same breast p
both breasts.
Scirrhus is small, chronic, OF stony \,
.rdness, drawing in the skim anu ~
q Abrous tissue into itself, and nDG1'
, the mucsles, and every other s'Fu'1
re. Cancer, in any shape does ~: J.
cerate early. This distinguishes :.n y
um epithelioma as the piee =,
mptoms do from adenoi1, fatty u
,rous tumours and from the rec'''sr'
,re neucleated. Fatty tumoufS -,
silly known by their lightns's 'a ~l'
Egely lobnlated surface anu ~ w.
ped edge the most puzz''ng o. "m sst;c
-.:.. ~o~ocAors are the c,ys1'|