On the treatment of subcutaneous naevus : with a case / by John Paxton.

  • Paxton, John.
Date:
1856
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Credit: On the treatment of subcutaneous naevus : with a case / by John Paxton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    mediately filled again when the pressiu*e was removed. The fullness in a few weeks became a projecting tumour^ about the size of the tip of the little finger, and evinced unmistakable marks of being composed of erectile tissue. It grew rapidly in size, became of a bright red colom, and showed a very active condition of the circulation. The mother being anxious about it, resolved, before recourse was had to any treatment, to consult your eminent townsman. Dr. Mackenzie, who recommended pressure, and if that should faU, vaccination. The former plan was not adopted, as I did not expect much good from it, being unable to see how pressure could be effectively apphed. Vaccination was, however, tried. Four points of lymph were inserted at the base of the tumour, and each became a properly developed pustule, so that the tumour was per- vaded by the specific inflammation. On the crusts becoming detached, however, the tumour was found to be as active as ever, and increased so rapidly that its progress became rather alarming. In its situation, and at so early an age, excision was probably sui’gically impossible, and ligature, from its proximity to the eye, hardly admissible. It then occurred to me to try the effect of introducing a solution of the perchloride of iron into the tumour, as proposed by the French surgeons, Pravaz, Malgaignc, Velpeau, Jobert, &c., for the treatment of different forms of aneurism. This I at first thought of doing, by injecting a portion of the