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
She was placed on an absolutely vegetarian diet (green card) and began
with the same mixture as the cases of carcinoma mentioned. The cavity
and opening were kept packed with absorbent cotton, saturated with the
following solution: ℞ Acidi Carbolici ℨss, Listerine ℥i, Liquor sodæ
chlorinatæ ℥i, Glycerin ℥ss, Aquæ hydrogenii dioxidi ad ℥iv, M., changed
several times daily. Under this treatment there was almost from the
first a remarkable change in her condition. The discharge ceased shortly
and also the foul odor. Within a few weeks the cavity and edges of the
opening showed a healthy condition and evidences of cicatrization could
be seen. The tongue of dead bone, which was soaked several times daily
with muriatic acid, separated entirely within three months, leaving a
healthy granular surface. By the end of four months the entire edge of
the opening on the face had cicatrized perfectly, and the interior
appeared in a healthy condition, with no ulceration whatever, as you saw
when she was presented the second time, a few weeks ago.
From the first her general condition improved and she began to gain
weight, even several pounds a week, being weighed every week in the same
hospital wrapper, by several nurses, who took great interest in the
case. I could hardly believe that she weighed 128 pounds on a Monday, as
reported, and on the following Wednesday I weighed her myself and found
that she weighed 130, which was quite a little over that called for by
her height and age, and ten pounds more than she had ever weighed
before. She had been taking for some time pyrophosphate of iron, five
grains after eating, in addition to the mixture mentioned, which had
hardly been changed since she entered.
The blood, which was carefully studied weekly, steadily improved until,
on September 18th, the hemoglobin stood 95 per cent, with 4,600,000 red
blood corpuscles and 8,000 white, and on November 10th the hemoglobin
reached 100, and the red corpuscles 4,700,000. The urine, which
presented albumen and granular casts on admission, had lost these, and
on November 10th she passed 1,000 cc., with a specific gravity of 1.025,
and normal in every respect, except a faint trace of indican.
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