A monograph on diseases of the breast : their pathology and treatment, with special reference to cancer.

  • Williams, W. Roger (William Roger)
Date:
1895
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Credit: A monograph on diseases of the breast : their pathology and treatment, with special reference to cancer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    PAGE mary Structures: mostly due to sequestration, rarely of atavistic origin—The Axillary Mammary Processes—True Axillary Poly- mastia extremely Rare—Axillary Galactoceles—Supernumerary Mam- mary Structures in the Vicinity of the Axilla—Paramammary Neoplasms arising from supernumerary Mammary Structures—The Frequency of such Cases demonstrated—Axillary Mammary Neo- plasms—Important Bearing on Cohnheim's Theory—Cases of Fibro- adenoma and Cancer thus arising—Schultze's Observations on the Development of the Mammi-e in Pigs, Rats, and other Multi-mastic Animals—The Mammary Ridges, &c 43 CHAPTER V. Hypertrophy. Diffuse and Circumscribed Forms—Infantile Hypertrophy : usually asso- ciated with precocious Sexual Development—Diffuse Hypertrophy of Adults: illustrative cases of the types, correlated with puberty, pregnancy, &c.-Pathology, Etiology, Progress and Treatment— Partial Hypertrophy — Gynecomastia (a) with healthy sexual organs ; (b) with impaired development, disease or injury of the testes—In Male Animals—The Effects of Castration ... 82 CHAPTER VI. Histology and Neoplastic Pathogeny. Histology of the Mamma—Histological Metamorphoses of Lactation—Neo- plastic Processes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 113 CHAPTER VII. The Varieties of Mammary Neoplasms and their Relative Frequency. Analysis of 13,824 Primary Neoplasms, showing their chief Seats in both Sexes—The great Frequency with which in P'emales the Reproduc- tive Organs are attacked—The Majority of Mammary Neoplasms arise in the Seats of greatest Post-embryonic Developmental Activity, where Cells capable of Growth and Development most abound—The Relative Frequency of the Different Varieties of Mammary Neo- plasms : analysis of 2,432 consecutive cases—Table showing the relative Frequency of Neoplasms in general, and of Female Breast Neoplasms—The Liability of the Breast to Cancer much above the average for the body in general—The great Frequency of ^L^mmary Cancer ; at least 10,000 women now suffering from it in England and Wales—The Influence of Sex in the Liability to Neoplasms ; 99 per cent, of all mammary neoplasms occur in females—Function- less, obsolete .Structures, like the Male Mammne, very rarely take on Neoplastic Action ... ... ... 127 CHAPTER VIII. The Pathogenesis ok Cancer and other Neoplasms, with Special Reference to the Microbe Theory. Historical Review—Galen, Boerhaave, Hunter, Broussais, Miiller, Virchow, and Cohnheim—The Author's Views—The Cell Theory and the Microbe Theory—The Microbe Theory, and the Broussaisian Doc- trine of Irritation and Chronic Inflammation—Volkmann's Data controverted — Critical Examination of the Microbe Theory — ii priori Reasons for regarding the Microbe Theory as Improbable