Sarcomata. 557 



poultices, and at the end of a fortnight the most prominent part of the 

 tumour burst, and discharged a quantity of thin, bloody, ichorous matter. 

 The discharge continued, and became very offensive to the smell ; the 

 pain increased, the swelling enlarged, and a fungous excrescence appeared 

 at the opening from which the matter had been discharged. She became 

 feverish, restless, and uneasy, and the case being considered cancerous, 

 she came to Edinburgh. The amputation of the arm being thought 

 necessary, the operation was performed. The tumour on dissection 

 presented a structure in every respect similar to that described in page 

 107 (9. 50b), and delineated in plate v. Nothing particular occurred 

 during the progress of the cure, excepting that the ligature on the 

 brachial artery did not come away till about three months after the 

 operation. Soon afterwards she was attacked by violent pains in the leg and 

 thigh, which were supposed to be rheumatic, and several swellings appeared 

 in the breast, and one near the spine, which, from what I could learn, 

 probably resembled the original swelling of the arm. I never saw her 

 after this time ; but I was informed that she died in great agony, in 

 seven months from the time the arm was amputated. Vide "Observa- 

 tions on Fungus Hsematodes or Soft Cancer, etc., with Cases and Dissec- 

 tions. By James Wardrop, F.R.S.E., F.K.C.S.E., etc., 1809, page 113. 



The breadth of the arm seems to have been exaggerated 

 by flattening of the cast. F. P. C. 2905. 



9. 42. Sarcoma of Thig"h.— Section of a large tumour and 

 adjacent skin — in spirit. 



It was removed from the thigh of a man aged 40 years. 

 The tumour is somewhat lobulated, and has on section 

 a fibrous appearance, with numerous small cysts. Its section 

 resembles that of No. 7. 41 ; the fibrous appearance, however, 

 being more marked, and the cysts smaller. G. C. 745. 



9. 43. Cystic Sarcoma. — Section of a very large cystic sarcomatous 

 tumour — in spirit. 



It was extirpated from among the muscles of the thigh, but the 

 patient died from the operation. 



The cut surface shows the tumour to be composed of a 

 delicate fibrous network, enclosing a soft material, which in 

 many places has been replaced by cysts, some of considerable 

 size. G. C. 107. 



Presented by ^. Brown, F.R.C.S.E. 



