r = aa PUNGUS°<°* 82% + * 
a satel ecteiaiies I think it not improbale, that if 
mplaint were left-entirely to bear the {welling would 
bade, the fungus fhrink, and a complete cure-en nfue, with. 
out any iar affiftance <r me diforder is fo indolent 
in this ftage, that a {po ntaneous cure ial not be effected 
-until ie a very ee The ex 4 
ever, be removed by the knife, or, if a 
tachment permit, by 
with es application 8. 
yance a level w the {crotum, by means of the knife, 
can 
fe the ae to the 
tighte moval 
of the part, beau it wold bring the cafe to a more ae 
d if a rag being informed of all 
aa apie a reme a as‘ca pele for a diforder attend- 
i paicncasiay ing can b 
a perfetly fafe a ee ae kind of es men 
«“ Fungufes = a different character and arom may, 
no doubt, —. in the ay ; but the ca aes — 
ire ate that par pee Fagan 
ad, de, "Chirurgie, 
in our opinion, never 
| patien nt himfelf has had the natuire of the cafe explained to 
him, and wifhes o fubmit to the operation with a view of 
- getting {peedily ane we a that the removal of the 
teftis is not at all n in the cure, and that were ty 
DG 
aaa 
a 
ae will certainly oe the uo and, after thi 
the 
‘practice, we fhall have no extenfive woun of fer sain 
to heal up, as would be thie cafe were caftration performed. 
; Hence it appea is, that the removal sf the tefticle is 
: warranted by no confiderations whatever, not even .by. the 
emmeft intreaties of the patient. Such-a wifh can only 
arife from not knowing that the: difeafe may be got md of, 
- with at leaft equal quicknefs, by a much milder: plan of 
treatment. We fhall take our leave an this fubjet with 
referring our readers to the cafes recorded: by M 1, Law 
rence. (See oe ‘Medical . ‘and Surgical Journal, 
vol. iv.-p. 257. 
— This is 
oné -of the moft intract- 
.. Terri- 
at prefent, it is known by fome o 
sp er fach as oe fa oft cancer; ‘medullary farcoma, and 
carcinome fanglante. 
Before Mr. Burns pu ublithed the abdve-mentioned book, 
the rane hematodes was dlways miftaken for: pe and 
we may indeed ftate, that the fame error eee y ued 
to prevail, until Mr. Hey’s “ Pra@tical Obferv 1 
nope — the prefs in the year on "Hew dif- 
ifeafés are, will’ be clearly fhewr in ie 
ie a article. 
The fungus hematodes has moft frequently been cberved 
to make its. attack on the eye-ball, the upper and 
extremities, the tefticle, aad the mamma. 1 Wa ice 
fates, that. the uterus, a ver, fpleen, ings and 
a yee of, the difeafe, and 
hie Burns has ip- 
fer 
fequel o 
» 
< 
fa) 
3 
oO 
the eye much of that gs eokee which e 
e of a fheep or cat. s the difeafe advances the colour 
remarkable and, at length, is difcovered. to 
o The difeale eam to iner a e, an ae — 
of the eyeball, which acquires ‘ain’ 
t the fame time the fcle-" 
» and bécomées 
The tumour. now occupies 
h rand, in cafes, a quan ntity 
of purulent matter collects between in difeafed mafs 
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