Cancer: Its Cause and Treatment, Volume 2 (of 2)Bulkley, Lucius Duncan
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Cancer: Its Cause and Treatment, Volume 2 (of 2)
Bulkley, Lucius Duncan
Cancer
_Case VII._—Mrs. F. L. A., aged 48, weighing 105 pounds, was first seen
on March 21st, 1916. She had had four children aged 22, 20, 17, and 12
years, and had had a miscarriage 9 years ago. There had never been any
trouble with confinements, and never laceration of the cervix. The
menopause had occurred suddenly two years previously, but she had had
some vaginal discharge since October, and had felt weak for some months.
She had, however, never suspected any serious trouble until there was a
slight hemorrhage, consisting of only a few drops of bright blood, on
February 24th. That afternoon she was examined by a surgeon at home, Dr.
McCann, of Bangor, Maine, who sent her to me. He discovered that she had
already an inoperable cancer of great extent, which diagnosis was
confirmed by others, who refused to operate. The report which came to me
from the department of Pathology and Bacteriology of Bowdoin College
was, “About one third of the cervix destroyed, vaginal wall involved.
Right broad ligament infiltrated.” Curettings were made then, which from
“numerous slides show squamous cell carcinoma. From histological
appearance I judge that the cancerous process is developing rapidly,”
signed F. N. Whittier. The slides which were brought to me were
submitted to Dr. H. H. Janeway, who confirmed them to be “rapidly
growing, malignant epithelioma.” Those who saw the patient on February
24th gave the opinion that she would hardly live six months.
She had been following an absolutely vegetarian (green card) diet for a
week or two, and had been taking some compound cascarin tablets, which I
had sent her (℞ Podophyllin, Aloin, Cascarin, āā gr. ¼), as she had
always been very constipated, and since this treatment had felt much
better in every way. I gave her douches morning and night, of carbolic
acid and biborate of soda, ℨss and ℨii ad Oi hot water.
I then sent her to Dr. H. H. Janeway, who confirmed the physical
condition and gave her one single treatment with emanations of 300
milligrams of radium, for 16 hours, on March 25th, dilating the os, but
not curetting. She was then given ℞ Potass. acetatis ℥i, Tinct. Nuc.
Vom. ℨiv, Extr. Cascara fld. ℨii, Ext. Rumicis rad. fl. ad ℥iv,
Teaspoonful in water half an hour before eating, which she has taken
more or less continuously ever since, alternated with other remedies as
indications arose. Later she took pyrophosphate of iron, five grains
after meals, in conjunction with the mixture. For some time she had
suffered from severe neuritis in the neck and arm, which yielded
completely to aspirin, five grains every two hours, taken also again on
several occasions when it recurred.
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