On malignant disease (sarcoma and carcinoma) of the larynx / by Henry T. Butlin.

  • Butlin, Henry T. (Henry Trentham), 1845-1912.
Date:
1883
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Credit: On malignant disease (sarcoma and carcinoma) of the larynx / by Henry T. Butlin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    naturally tiave seemed to them defective in many important points. In trutli it was only the com- mencement of tlie foundation of such a work; the cases were not intended as examples of sarcoma and carcinoma, to be applied equally to all parts of the body, but were all the cases which could be collected of sarcoma and carcinoma of each of the parts selected; no large speculations were indulged in, because none were warranted on the facts which were assembled: the book was little more, indeed, than a statement and analysis of facts with explana- tions and comments where these seemed justified or called for. The most important outcome of the inquiry thus far is the discovery of the influence which is exer- cised over the whole course of a malignant tumour by its origin. It has long been recognised that the mother tissue exerts an influence on the structure and general characters of a tumour: that, for instance, subperiosteal sarcomas are frequently cal- cified or ossified, that sarcomas of the fasciae and aponeuroses are usually spindle-celled and very fibrous. It has also been recognised that these cha- racters, which are impressed by the mother tissue on the primary disease, are usually transmitted to the secondary tumours. But I am not aware that any author has ascribed to the mother tissue a greater influence than this, or that anyone has sug- gested that the mother tissue largely influences the degree and hind of malignancy presented hy a tumour.