. A manual of electro-static modes of application, therapeutics, radiography, and radiotherapy . discomfort, ac-companied by headache. At the suggestion of Dr. Coley anattack of erysipelas was induced early in the month of No-vember. 1901. It lasted with remissions for about three results were very striking. The tumor flattened con-siderably. The masses of malignant tissue of the nose and theeye were almost restored to a normal condition. There was,however, considerable sloughing, accompanied by foul end of this induced erysipelas marked the end of im-provement. The tumor re
. A manual of electro-static modes of application, therapeutics, radiography, and radiotherapy . discomfort, ac-companied by headache. At the suggestion of Dr. Coley anattack of erysipelas was induced early in the month of No-vember. 1901. It lasted with remissions for about three results were very striking. The tumor flattened con-siderably. The masses of malignant tissue of the nose and theeye were almost restored to a normal condition. There was,however, considerable sloughing, accompanied by foul end of this induced erysipelas marked the end of im-provement. The tumor returned to its former size, and theninvolved the adjacent parts, crossing over the median line, andcausing increased thickness on the right side of the face underthe eye. Other inoculations of erysipelas were made, butfailed to have any effect, the patient evidently having become TREATMENT OF SARCOMA AND CARCINOMA. 243 immune. At this time the general health was weakened, painwas almost continual, accompanied by severe headaches andsleepless nights. The opening on the left side of the nose in. Fig. 4- the line of scar was accompanied by more or less the suggestion of Dr. Coley the patient was then referredto the writer: and on January 15 the first X-ray exposurewas made. On the following day the photograph shown inFig. 4 was taken. It will be observed that there was a tumorfive inches long and four inches wide, which also had a 244 STATIC ELECTRICITY. depth of four inches, as estimated by the patient, from thenearer to the outer surface at the longest diameter. The noseand angle of the orbit were the sites of small tumors andlarge superficial veins ran across to the opposite side of thenose. A tumor of considerable size will also be observed inthe cut on the outer canthus of the eye. The first two ex-posures were each of twenty minutes duration and admin-istered on alternate days. The large engorged veins whichran across the front of the tumor became dry, and were r
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