Observations and cases, illustrative of the efficacy of oxygen or vital air, in the cure of cancerous and other glandular enlargements / by Daniel Hill.

  • Hill, Daniel.
Date:
1824
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Credit: Observations and cases, illustrative of the efficacy of oxygen or vital air, in the cure of cancerous and other glandular enlargements / by Daniel Hill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    age, came to consult me in the beginning of June, 1802, with one of the most malignant ulcers in her legs which offer to surgical observation. This ulcer had commenced, as she told me, five years previously to my seeing her, and originated from a cold, and severe fever, which was succeeded by a hard tumor in the calf of the leg, accompa- nied with great inflammation, pain, and a consi- derable contraction of the tendons of the leg and foot. For the first fifteen weeks, she was confined to her bed: after suffering nearly a year and half, she was recommended by a Mr. Rudge, of Elstree, in Hertfordshire, to the Middlesex Hospital. She was attended there four months; during which time, she suffered another attack of fever and in- flammation, more violent than at any former pe- riod, and was confined nearly the whole time to her bed. The ulcer became so seriously bad, that on a consultation, it was recommended to amputate the leg: this she would not consent to have per- formed. In September, 1799, she left the hos- pital as incurable. Country air was recommended, and she went into Bedfordshire; her health was here improved, and the leg less painful. After some time, she returned to Elstree, where she had the occasional advice of a surgeon of Stanmore. In the spring following, she was again in London for advice, and soon after was attacked with much fever, and a violent pain affected the side, left breast, and arm. For this fever, and painful symptoms, she was bled largely, and had such