Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-08
CANCER OF THE
BREAST
Its Different Forms and Progress;
it's new Treatment by
Bloodless Operation
as used by
DIR. TOEL
the Chicago Specialist now in
DALLAS
to introduce his Electric Methods.

cancer OIL lne DfeaSC is usually dl-
vided into two forms, the hard OF
scirrhus cancer and the soft or med
ullary cancer. In addition to these
there is the eating form called Pa
gets disease of the nipple. The
scirrhus cancer nearly always starts
near the nipple in the milk duets, as
little lump, often on the site of a
former milk cake, or an abscess. 1t
grows slowly but steadfast. Soon it
duplicates the skin of the breast and
an i'll smelling ulcer forms. Later
the cancer germs and cells will mi
CRATE into the Emphatic glands in
the armpit and in the lower part of
the neck. And from there the cells
and germs will attack internal or
gans like the liver and others. This
of course means death.
The medullary cancer may form in
any part of the breast and grows far
quicker to large size and also attacks
quicker the Emphatic glands in the
armpit, and from there quicker the
internal organs.
The nipple cancer begins as a
small liberation on the nipple and Of
ten is mistaken for eczema. 1t creeps
along the milk ducts into the breast
and forms swelling there. 1t will
also go eating along, the skin as an
liberation often forming nodules in
the skin that reach clear around the
chest and which later on form open
sores. Finally, but far later, the
lympathic glands are attacked as in
the other two forms, and then the
progress is the same.
Aside of these the "true" cancers
there is malignant growth found in
the breast called "sarcoma. This
is usually found in younger persons,
grows very fast and often TO enor-
nous size, the breast looking like
lump of polished blue steel 1t does
not affect the lympathic glands, but
its cells go by means of the blood
stream to the lungs and form new
growths there causing death by suf-
location.
A benign tumor of the breast call
ed adenoma will often turn into
cancer and consequently had best be
removed before it becomes cancerous.
The usual way most physicians and
treat cancer of the breast
is either to cut it out with the knife
or to eat it out with plasters or
salves. In many cases too the pa
tients themselves neglect small
lump in the breast even if it has the
cancerous pain. They put
on all kinds of liniments and by rub
bing this in only irritates the cancer
so that it grows quicker. Often
even when large alterations exist no
physician is called in but all kinds
of patent ointments are used.
When a cancer is daily irritated
by plasters to eat it out the cells and
germs multiply very fast and finally
begin to migrate to the Emphatic
glands. In fact the cancer often
grows more in the deeper parts than
The eating plaster removes from the
surface of the liberation. A lump
Of course comes out, but in the mean
time the deeper parts have become
infected and after superficial healing
he cancer returns.
In addition to this the infected
lymph glands finally allow cancer
germs and cells to migrate into the
internal organs and cause death. In
other cases they also form large ul-
.erations.
In operations with the knife the
fresh cut surfaces are frequently in
1culated during the operation with
he cancer germs and cells as all the
blood vessels and lymphatic spaces
are opened by the knife cutting
through them. The wound is sewed
up and heals nicely, but underneath
ike in a hot bed, the cells and germs
and after more or less time
1 new cancer forms in the scar or
rear it.
After knife operations for cancer,
75 to so per cent show a return of
he cancer.
DIR. Toel who has used elec-
ricity for thirty years in sur