Rodent Cancer of the face, extending into the orbit, and destroy- Removal of the disease by excision, followed by the application Recovery. Closure of the gap in the face by a mask Death at 75 years of age, and post-mortem examination CASE II. See Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5. Very deep and extensive Rodent Cancer of all the central parts Removal of the right eye and one half of the disease A fit following two punctures of the right upper lid . Subsequent recovery of general health Death from bilious cholera 61 CASE III. See Figs. 6 and 7. Remarks on cause of death and selection of diet Removal of the right eye with some remaining disease in the orbit A third operation for a small ulcer at the junction of the scar Recovery. Subsequent death from apoplexy (?) [Mr. Shaw likewise lost a case from sanguineous apoplexy some 97 Rodent Cancer of the forehead, of considerable superficial extent and also perforating the cranium. Microscopical characters of epithelial Cancer in a portion of the disease within the frontal PAGE Extension of the disease to all the skin covering the temporal Renewal of the disease near the eye, and extirpation of the Continuance of it at the lower part, and great extension over the face and neck; gradual deepening through the temporal muscle 111 Removal of the disease by the knife and cautery. Application of chloride of zinc to the exposed dura mater Cases X. and XI. are published by favour of Mr. de Morgan. Construction of a new nose by transplantation in four portions. Application of a solution of chloride of zinc to the exposed RODENT CANCER. NATURE AND TREATMENT. A DISEASE more repulsive and distressing can hardly be conceived than a Rodent Cancer of the face. Commencing in some trifling manner in the skin, and then sometimes producing so little irritation as scarcely to attract notice, it spreads abroad in all directions with a slow but unswerving advance. It grows and ulcerates. It ulcerates but never heals. The skin suffers most widely from its ravages, but no structure arrests its progress. It removes whole organs, but restores nothing. In its front all is healthy behind it is vacancy and frightful disfigurement. Whilst eroding integument, cartilage, or bone, the disease is not, or is little, painful; but when eyelids disappear, when the eye or the inner ear is invaded, when branches of the fifth nerve are exposed, or are ulcerating, pain, and sometimes severe pain, is added to the deformity. B |