Preparatory and after treatment in operative cases . mor to be a scirrhous carcinoma. In these cases the prog-nosis, as a rule, is not necessarily unfavorable. However, balanc-ing this against the fact that the cephalic vein is dilated and thatthis means pressure on the axillary vein, the prognosis becomesless favorable, on the ground that the glandular involvement isprobably considerable in extent and may have taken on a form ofcarcinomatous proliferation, the character of which is more malig-nant than that which obtained in the original focus of disease. A complete history of this kind, thou


Preparatory and after treatment in operative cases . mor to be a scirrhous carcinoma. In these cases the prog-nosis, as a rule, is not necessarily unfavorable. However, balanc-ing this against the fact that the cephalic vein is dilated and thatthis means pressure on the axillary vein, the prognosis becomesless favorable, on the ground that the glandular involvement isprobably considerable in extent and may have taken on a form ofcarcinomatous proliferation, the character of which is more malig-nant than that which obtained in the original focus of disease. A complete history of this kind, though not carried out ingreat detail, makes quite possible a rational conception of theentire situation, and is invaluable to the attending physician, andespecially to the surgeon who may not have an opportunity toelicit the facts thus furnished. OFFICE ARRANGEMENT The facility with which examinations are made and woundscared for, is not a little enhanced by the apparatus and elasticityof its arrangement at the disposition of the practitioner. For the. Fig. 5.—Office


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