History of a case of recurring sarcomatous tumour of the orbit in a child, extirpated for the third time, and ultimately causing the death of the patient / by Thomas Hay.

  • Hay, Thomas.
Date:
1877
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Credit: History of a case of recurring sarcomatous tumour of the orbit in a child, extirpated for the third time, and ultimately causing the death of the patient / by Thomas Hay. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OF ATOUS TUMOR. BY THOMAS HAY, M.D., PHILADELPHIA. The subject of this case, a boy, H. C., not six years old, was brought to me July io, 1874, pale and worn, with an orbital tumor of the left side, projecting from the orbit upward above the supra- orbital arch, downward below the nose, and en- croaching on the one side upon the nose, and on the other upon the temple and cheek. The history of the case dates back to January, 1873, when the child was four years and four months old, at which time the first tumor ap- peared, growing, apparently, from the supra- orbital plate. The child had always been strong and hearty previously, and had been regarded as a healthy boy till the appearance of this neoplastic growth. He was born of healthy and strong parents ; both are now living. His brother, the only other child, is well, and no evidence of hered-