A treatise on intraocular tumors : from original clinical observations and anatomical investigations / by H. Knapp ; tr. by S. Cole.

  • Knapp, Herman, 1832-1911.
Date:
1869
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Credit: A treatise on intraocular tumors : from original clinical observations and anatomical investigations / by H. Knapp ; tr. by S. Cole. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Do the tumors which we term malignanl have an innocent primary Btage, that is, are they at first local affections which afterward infect the whole organism, <»r are their first germs already the products of a (tumor-forming) dyscrasy previously present in the Bystem ? 1 know of no field which would be more fruitful in yielding Btrong arguments for the solution of this important question, than the intraocular tumors. It would be a magnificent reward for my labors if the present pages would contribute to incite my col- leagues to further and more minute investigation of this sub- ject in which, as in several others, ophthalmology seems destined to lead the other branches of the healing art. That such observations may prove more advantageous we, of course, are in need of the co-operation of our colleagues in general, especially of practitioners and professional anatomo-pathologists. I must thankfully acknowledge that I was repeatedly favored by their assistance, as is mentioned at several places in the body of the work; especially were the hours spent in common labor with my excellent colleague and friend, Prof. J. Arnold, as pleasant as they were instructive. H. KNAPP, M.D. Heidelberg, Spring of 1868.