Curability of Tumours (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1893. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... I never could quite satisfy myself what the tumour really was, and its rapid cure gave me no proper opportunities of studying the thing diagnostically. My first prescription-- Med. 30, hit the nail right on the head and forthwith initiated a cure which was complete in a few months. The other remedies were Ignatia am. $x, Plumbum 12, Opium 12. And now, more than eight years later, patient continues in good health; the tumour has never returned. Case Of Ovarian Tumour. March nth, 1885.--On this date a married lady, forty-two years of age, mother of six children, came to me for an abdominal tumour, situated in the region of the left ovary, with pretty severe concomitant vaginal haemorrhage and slight leucorrhoea. She had been twice vaccinated, and also had had variola. The tumour was long from side to side, i.e., it lay transversely seemingly from the uterus to some six inches to the left, to where the lefthand end of an ovarian tumour would very likely be. The bleeding was at any time and in any position. The tumour had been there, and the bleeding, for about ten months, and were supposed to have had their origin in a fright. Previous to the fright the menses had been always regular, but scanty. Much pain in the tumour. Be Thuja occidentals 30. This cured the bleeding, and the period became normal. But the pain in the tumid mass was worse; the abdomen much more distended; and patient complained very much that when once awake in the very early morning she could not get off again. Be Bellis perennis 1. April 15th.--No haemorrhage; period normal, except that it is very painful in the left side. Patient feels very ill, faint, and fidgety, and has dreadful back-ache ft Variol 30. After this patient felt somewhat better, but the tumour was no smaller. September yd.--Pso...