Observations on fungus hæmatodes or soft cancer, in several of the most important organs of the human body: containing also a comparative view of the structure of fungus hæmatodes and cancer. With cases and dissections / By James Wardrop.

  • Wardrop, James, 1782-1869.
Date:
1809
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Credit: Observations on fungus hæmatodes or soft cancer, in several of the most important organs of the human body: containing also a comparative view of the structure of fungus hæmatodes and cancer. With cases and dissections / By James Wardrop. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    optic nerve; in a third case, glands were found near the nose, and on the supercilie ; and, in another case, a diseased gland was found adhering to the os male, within the margin of the orbit. 2.— Appearances on Dissection. ON dissection it is found, that not only the contents of the eye-ball, but that the optic nerve, and in many cases the brain itself, are all involved in the disease, exhibiting some very remarkable alterations in struc- ture. The retina becomes so completely chang- ed, that in no instance could I detect any re- mains of its natural appearance; and a tumor is formed in the posterior chamber, extend- ing from the entrance of the optic nerve, for- wards, insuch a manner as to displace and promote an absorption of the vitreous, crystal- line, and aqueous humours. When this new formed substance is small, [ have seen, in some