Surgical Caaes in the Finshitry Bispevsnry. 2G9 



B. Hvdrarg. Mur. Mil. P. L. Sulph, Aur. Antim. aii 3i. 

 F. Pil. XL. 



This treatment was continued, with very Uttle variation, 

 till February 1807, with evident advantage, the health being 

 com|jletely reinstated : no pain was experienced in the 

 diseased part, which was greatlv reduced in size, so as to 

 be much smaller than the other breast. 



The ferri rubigo was again given for some weeks, then 

 the above powders, and occasionally the pill at night, the 

 ulcer being dressed with the ung. sabinas the whole time. 

 With this mode of treatment every thing appeared in the 

 most favourable light, till the beginning of Septeinber, 

 when the breast was nearly reduced to a plain surface, and 

 the ulcer was exceedingly small, without the least pain hav- 

 ing been experienced therein for many months : the dis- 

 charge was much reduced in quantity, and continued well 

 digested purulent matte . 



She had now a trouijjesome cough, with pains apparently 

 rlicumatic in her limbs : tiiese did not yield to the usual re- 

 medies, and she lost itreniith fast, so that in the beginning 

 of October she was nearly confined to her room. 



October the IJth, on removing her from the bed to the 

 chair, the left thigh bone yave wav, witL'out any fall or vio- 

 lence, and the left arm became bent above the elbow, pro- 

 ducing exactly the appearance represented in tha Philosophi- 

 cal Transactions in the case of Elizabeth Ouenot of Paris, 

 who died of mollilies ossiun). In this state she did not 

 experience much pain, when lying sliii, either from the 

 thigh or arm, but the least motion increased her sufferings 

 exceedingly. The breast remained perfectly easy, and the 

 discharge continued as before. The left arm now became 

 (sdeuialous, her appetite declined, and she died extremely re- 

 duced on the fourth of November I807. 



John Taunton, 



Eurpeon to tlie City and Finsbury 

 Di'.prnsarios, lA-cturer on Ana- 

 tomy, Surgery, Physiology, &c. 

 Greville-strect, Hatton-garden, 

 December 21, 1807. 



Er-ratum. — In the lait Report, p. 170, line 12 from boUom, instead of 

 *' CI round " read " arouud." 



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