New treatment of malignant diseases and cancer, without incision / [Antoine Martin Bureaud-Riofrey].

  • Bureaud-Riofrey, A.-M. (Antoine-Martin), 1803-
Date:
1836
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Credit: New treatment of malignant diseases and cancer, without incision / [Antoine Martin Bureaud-Riofrey]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Eschar is generally caused by the action of exterior agents, applied to these parts: ne¬ vertheless in certain bad fevers, different parts of the body are affected by Eschars. In chronic diseases lengthened decubitus is frequently the cause of Eschars that are found on the teguments of the sacrum. Artificial Eschars are generally produced by chemical agents, acids, alkalies, or oxides; at other times by animal venom, or a vims, and frequently they are the consequences of an inflammation, or contusion, or death of a limit¬ ed part. Boiling water produces a white Eschar: which turns yellow the second day, and soon after comes away. 1 lately witnessed a very striking example of this fact; a celebrated french actor swallowed some boiling water: the mem¬ brane which covered the lips, the palate, the inside of the mouth, and the surface of the tongue, was one immense white Eschar: the third day the eschar of the lips came off: on the fourth day that on the tongue and lips was detached. All the mouth was not free on the fifth dav. Moxa produces a brown or black Eschar.