A new and successful mode of treating certain forms of cancer : to which is prefixed a short practical and systematic description of all the varieties of this disease, showing how to distinguish them one from another, and from tumours, etc., simulating them / by Alexander Marsden.

  • Marsden, Alex. (Alexander Edwin), 1832-1902.
Date:
1874
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Credit: A new and successful mode of treating certain forms of cancer : to which is prefixed a short practical and systematic description of all the varieties of this disease, showing how to distinguish them one from another, and from tumours, etc., simulating them / by Alexander Marsden. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No. 16. IJi Pulv. Potassa3 Clslor. 5 ss. Acid. Hyclroclilor. ^]{ 40. Aqua3 Oj. The acid to be poured directl}^ on tlie Chlorate of Potash, * and t]ie water added gradually. To be used as a lotion or injection. No. 17. ]]i Potassa3 Permang. gr. 40. Aqua) 0 j. Misce. Make a lotion or injection. The above lotions are all useful in cancerous ulceration of the breast or other part of the body, and as injections in cancerous ulceration of tlie uterus. Nos. 13, IG, and 17 check offensive smell. No. 14 arrests, and alhiys pain both before and after ulceration. No. 15 is useful when there is a tendency to hiemorrhage, and may be used of any strength ; the pure tincture being applied when bleeding is actually taking place. No. 18. 1^ Liquor Arsenicalis 5 ss. vel 5 j. Aqua? 5 j. Make a lotion. Useful in Lupus and some forms of Cancer. No. 19. ip. Liq. Plunibi Subacet., Olei Amygdake, Aquce distil,, aa 5 ij. To be well mixed by shaking. If properly made, the in- gredients will not separate on standing, but form a thick cream-like embrocation. The above embrocstion is of great value in unbroken cancers, and bhould be applied night and morning in the following manner :—A piece of lint sufhciently large, when folded double,