. Practical electro-therapeutics and X-ray therapy : with chapters on phototherapy, X-ray in eye surgery, X-ray in dentistry, and medico-legal aspect of the X-ray . eto fully understand the true nature of the condition and the prob-able results of the proposed method of treatment. The author seldom sees a case of cancer in its earliest stage. Thegrowths as they usually appear on first examination vary in sizefrom a 5-cent piece to the size of a silver dollar or larger. In usingthe word stage the author does not mean that there are anydefinite or well-defined lines of separation between the sta
. Practical electro-therapeutics and X-ray therapy : with chapters on phototherapy, X-ray in eye surgery, X-ray in dentistry, and medico-legal aspect of the X-ray . eto fully understand the true nature of the condition and the prob-able results of the proposed method of treatment. The author seldom sees a case of cancer in its earliest stage. Thegrowths as they usually appear on first examination vary in sizefrom a 5-cent piece to the size of a silver dollar or larger. In usingthe word stage the author does not mean that there are anydefinite or well-defined lines of separation between the stages re-ferred to, but, as the treatment will depend upon the size of the X-RAY THERAPY 269 tumor and the extent to which it has invaded the surroundingtissues, for convenience he has divided the cases into three mainsubdivisions or stages. In the first stage there is an indurated infiltration in the is entirely local, and does not extend to the subcutaneous tissues. The author is frequently asked why he does not have sectionsmade from all of his cases and have them examined by a patholo-gist. Occasionally he does, but as a rule he does not. It is not. 1. 2. Fig. 113.—Epithelioma of the left lower eyelid. good practice to incise these early growths when the patients in-terest is considered, and it is because of this fact that he seldomdoes it. At a later date the diagnosis is unquestioned, and a micro-scopical examination is unnecessary. Fig. 113 shows a patient, 59 years old, with an epithelioma ofthe left lower eyelid, representing the first stage. He first noticeda little dry scale beneath the eye about eight months before; thescale would remain for a time and then disappear, but wouldpromptly reform. A few weeks before he was seen the tissues 270 PRACTICAL ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICS AND X-RAY THERAPY underwent a destructive process, and an ulcer about the size of a5-cent piece was formed, which began to cause him some pain andtrouble with the lower eyelid. It was slowly
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