Anatomical and practical observations in St. Thomas's Hospital, 1674-1677 / by James Molins ; edited, with an introduction and notes from the MS. in the British Museum, by J.F. Payne.

  • Molins, James.
Date:
1896
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Credit: Anatomical and practical observations in St. Thomas's Hospital, 1674-1677 / by James Molins ; edited, with an introduction and notes from the MS. in the British Museum, by J.F. Payne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [Processus Alveolaris ?] of the upper Mandible, and was Callouse. Itt encreased in continuance of time to that magnitude that it threw up her lip and flatted her nose and downwards soe that she could nott gett any thing into her mouth. The tumor was fixed to the gums and the Os Palati, how itt came att first she knew nott. As much of the Tumor as was externall was taken of by a red hott paire of forceps, defending the face with an Iron Vizard, for my Coz. was afraid of an haemorrhage which would have beene diflBcult to stop. In the cavity of the gums we kept the excrescency downe with oure repeated actuall cautery. The Tumor when itt was taken ofi proved cartilaginouse. Itt rising upon her very fast, and the woman being unwilling to be burnt any more wee made ligature aboutc the body of the Tumor as much as could be commanded, and in some- time itt came of and her face flatted, and her lips came together, and we had a large cavity above upon us through which came severall peeces of the mandible;—through this loss of substance a contiuuall defluxione of a hott saline Rheume distilled, which proved very troublesome for the salinall matter being gradually discharged through these parts by their Common Ducts. By such a loss of substance itt continually fell downe causoing a continuall coughing and the woman being above 80 yeares of age, fell into a consumption and att length dyed. If the tumor had remained it would have starved her. 30. A fatt corpulent woman aged about 40 yeares had a very large tumor in her Left Breast. Itt was as big as a pecke, skyrrhus, and upon the dependent part a fungouse. She was very willing to loose her Breast which was accord- ingly done by Ligature, butt there being too suddaine a regurgitatione of the matter upon the habitt she dyed suddenly. I opened her, butt first I tooke off the Breast above the ligature and found that betweene the ligature and the body all was faire and souud, butt from the ligature outwards began to mortify. In her Body was nothing observeable, butt all parts sound. She was very fatt, and the onely cause of her death as could be adjudged was as is recited before. 31. My Cozen James upon the searching of a little Boy att