The plan adopted by the governors of the Middlesex-Hospital for the relief of persons afflicted with cancer.

  • Howard, John, -1808.
Date:
1792
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The plan adopted by the governors of the Middlesex-Hospital for the relief of persons afflicted with cancer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    that they are incurable; for, thefe, of ail other cafes, call aloud for time and pa? tience. It is a melancholy, but a true, reflect tion, that very few perfons, with ulcera- ted cancers, do fqrviye many months after their fores have fpread and become highly irritable j and thefe unfortunate fufterers, in the judgement of the donor, fliould be kept in the hofpital till relieved by art or releafed by death. When a cancer returns after an attempt made to cure it by an operation, that cale alfo claims admilfion; for, after a certain period, it will be a ipreading ulcerated cancer, and require the fame indulgences to the end. The relief, held out to thefe deplorable cafes, is a linking feature in the prefent plan.