560 Diseases of Connective Tissue. 



9. 51. LaPg*e Sarcoma. — Plaster of Paris cast of what has 

 probably been the tumour from which the previous specimen was 

 obtained. G. C. 565. 



9. 52. Sarcoma of Forearm.— Section of a large fungating 

 tumour — in spirit, growing from the fasciae of the forearm. It 

 protruded through the skin, and appeared as a large cauli- 

 flower-like bleeding fungus. 



The cut surface, although with some fibrous-like interstices, 

 is comparatively uniform. The muscles below the fasciae do not 

 seem involved. G. C. 184. 



Presented byyVn. Newbigging, F.R.C.S.E. , and 

 Professor J. W. Turner. 



9. 53. Sarcoma of Forearm. — Portion of a fungating sarcoma 

 of the right forearm — injected with vermilion, and in spirit. 



"The patient was a woman 47 years of age. About three years 

 before she came under Dr. Brown's care she perceived a small tumour, the 

 bulk of a common garden-pea, underneath the skin of the back of the 

 forearm, a little above the wrist, which was quite movable. It increased 

 gradually to the size of a hen's egg, in which state it remained for two 

 years. After this period it increased rapidly, and she was advised to get 

 it removed. The operation was performed and the wound healed up, 

 excepting a spot about the size of a shilling, which was suddenly affected 

 with a violent stinging pain. The surface of this ulcer began to be 

 elevated above the surface of the adjacent skin, and increased after that 

 time, so as to attain the size of the tumour represented in the plate " (see 

 Cast, No. 9. 54). . . . 



" The whole mass resembled, in a very remarkable degree, a portion 

 of brain — in colour, consistence, and every external character ; and as 

 the arm was injected with coloured size, many vessels could be traced 

 through the substance of the tumour, being a strong proof of its organisa- 

 tion. It became also like brain, softer by exposure to the air, and readily 

 mixed with water. It appeared to be composed of several distinct 

 portions, separated from one another by thin membranous partitions." — 

 From Observations on "Fungus Hfematodes, or Soft Cancer," &c., with 

 Cases and Dissections by James Wardrop, F.R.S.E., F.K.C.S.E., kc, 

 1809, pages 107-109. 



