Cancer: Its Cause and Treatment, Volume 1 (of 2)Bulkley, Lucius Duncan
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Cancer: Its Cause and Treatment, Volume 1 (of 2)
Bulkley, Lucius Duncan
Cancer
Mrs. B. E. C., aged 44, was first seen on account of trouble in the
right breast, on September 19, 1892. She then had a flat tumor in the
outer lower segment, an inch and a half in diameter, rather sharply
defined, and tender on pressure at the sides, which she had noticed
about two months. Not satisfied with the diagnosis of cancer, and
hesitating at the thought of medical treatment, she consulted a well
known, prominent surgeon, who pronounced the tumor as undoubtedly
cancer, and urged its instant removal; this I did not know until she
informed me of it some time later, after the tumor had entirely
disappeared under treatment. I saw her at frequent intervals for six
months, and the breast became entirely normal. Four years later she was
again seen in regard to the menopause, which she was undergoing, and the
breast was found still to be normal: she was maintaining her diet.
Nearly three years later I learned from her husband that she was in
perfect health, with absolutely no breast trouble, and for eight years
later, while he himself was under occasional treatment, I learned
repeatedly that she remained still perfectly well, over sixteen years
after beginning treatment, with no recurrence of the breast tumor.
Miss B. M. L., aged 45, was first seen on January 4, 1894, with a tumor
in the left breast, which had been diagnosed as cancer by three medical
men, and one of them, a surgeon of prominence, had arranged for
immediate surgical removal the next day. The mass was situated in the
upper and outer quadrant, well defined, not painful on moderate
handling, but subsequently she experienced pain in it. Two months later
the lump was recorded as less distinct and flatter, and within eleven
months it had entirely disappeared. A month or two later she had some
pain in the breast, in connection with the menstrual disturbance
accompanying the menopause, but no trace of the tumor. On Nov. 8th,
1905, she called, bringing a relative for treatment, and the breast was
found perfectly normal, and again five years later she called, with
another trouble, the breast still remaining perfectly well, also sixteen
years after first coming under treatment.
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