Author: E. B. Stevens

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-07-24

Total Pages: 782

ISBN-13: 9780282541668

Excerpt from The Cincinnati Lancet and Observer, 1873, Vol. 33 Dr. Gross, Speaking from his large experience, doubts the prone ness of the disease to appear upon the chest, and states that it rarely, if ever, degenerates into malignancy that he never saw a case exhibit such a tendency. He thinks it less rare than gener ally Supposed, and that the' division of the disease into several varieties 1s hardly warrantable; ascribes to it a generally trau matic or1g1n, succeeding Upon some local injury, Often of a trivial character, the most common exciting causes being scalds and burns. It has been known to appear in a vaccine scar, and the cicatrices left by small pox to follow cupping, a blister, and con tact with nitric acid. When its origin is spontaneous, it is not always confined to two or three patches, but may appear exten sively over the surface of the body, as in a notable case of a negro, described and figured by Dr. Gross, where it seemed as if the individual was laboring under a keloid diathesis. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.