. Elements of pathological anatomy. Anatomy. SECT. I.] CORRODING ULCER. 449 Fig. 87.* forty ; six between forty and fifty ; six between fifty and sixty ,' and two between sixty and seventy. All the women were married, and, except two, had been mothers; seven were of light complexion and fifteen dark. " There is a variety of malignant disease of the uterus, which some have considered as essentially different from the preceding, but which is a mere modification of the varieties already described. It has been called the phagedcenic or corroding ulcer (Fig. 87) of the womb. Sometimes the ulce
. Elements of pathological anatomy. Anatomy. SECT. I.] CORRODING ULCER. 449 Fig. 87.* forty ; six between forty and fifty ; six between fifty and sixty ,' and two between sixty and seventy. All the women were married, and, except two, had been mothers; seven were of light complexion and fifteen dark. " There is a variety of malignant disease of the uterus, which some have considered as essentially different from the preceding, but which is a mere modification of the varieties already described. It has been called the phagedcenic or corroding ulcer (Fig. 87) of the womb. Sometimes the ulcer, which is of a deep violet color, is quite su- perficial, without much thickening, induration, or enlargement of the part. The ulcer begins, like any other malig- nant ulcer, on the surface of the body, and gradu- ally proceeds until the greater portion of the neck of the uterus has been destroyed, or re- moved by ulcerative ab- sorption, and openings are formed into the blad- der and rectum. The portion of uterus which remains after death is sometimes not much altered in appearance ; more frequently, however, it becomes softened in texture, and assumes a yel- low or reddish brown ; f This affection, so destructive in its consequences, rarely if ever occurs before the age of forty, and commonly not until that of fifty or sixty. Soft fungous excrescences, (Figs. 88, 89,-) of a cauliflower shape, also sometimes grow from the mouth of the uterus, and undergo changes similar to those observed in other varie- ties of malignant disease. These morbid structures, first accurately described, I believe, by the late Dr. John Clarke, of London, have a rough, granulated surface, and in most cases are of a bright flesh color : they are of a soft erectile texture,. * a, corroding nicer; b, vagina; c, vUerus. t Cyclopeedia of Practical Medicine, article Uterus, p. 344. VOL. II. 57. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally en
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