A practical treatise on the diseases of the testis, and of the spermatic cord and scrotum / by T.B. Curling.

  • Curling, Thomas Blizard, 1811-1888.
Date:
1866
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Credit: A practical treatise on the diseases of the testis, and of the spermatic cord and scrotum / by T.B. Curling. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER XIV. CARCINOMA OP THE SCEOTUM 588 Sect. I. Melanotic cancee of the sceotum . . , . ib. Author's case Sect. II. Epithelial oe chimnet-sweepee's cancee . . 590 Its mode of origin 59]^ Progress of the disease . . . . ' . . . . ib. Ulcerative stage ......... 592 Nature of the soot-wart ib. Remarkable case of cauliflower excrescence . . . . ib. Horny excrescences ......... 593 Anatomical characters of the morbid tissue .... 594 Soot the exciting cause of the disease ..... ib. Sir J. Earle's case of the gardener with the disease on the hand 595 May be produced by other irritating substances . . . ib. Hereditary predisposition to the disease 597 Cases of ........... ib. Age at which cancer of the scrotum occurs .... ib. Seeds of the disease sown in early life germinate at a remote period 598 Illustrated by the case of a sailor affected with cancer of the scrotum ib. Slight tendency of the disease to affect the lymphatic glands and internal organs. ......... 599 Chimney-sweeper's cancer almost peculiar to Great Bi-itain . ib. Now a rare disease even in this country 600 Diagnosis .......... ib. Treatment ib. Excision of the morbid scrotum 601 Reappearance of the disease after operation . . . . ib. Repetition of the operation advised . . . . . . 602 Excision of diseased inguinal glands ...... 603 Treatment when the inguinal glands are ulcerated . . . 604 APPENDIX. Case of large double sarcocele quasi malignant ..... 605 Description of the tumour after removal 606 Report on the specimen by Messrs. Sibley and Hulke .... 607 Remarks on the peculiar characters of the disease 608