Transactions . d entirely with the exception of aslight oozing. The growth increased rapidly, assumed moreand more a fungous character, was bathed with a fetid saniousdischarge, threw off shreds of slough, and became very offen-sive. It extended through the lachrymal duct, filled the nasalcavity and appeared externally as a plug in the nostril. Theskin showed a remarkable resistance to its encroachment, andeven to the last that of the upper lid maintained its integrityexcept a superficial slough from pressure at the summit of theswelling ; that of the lower lid lost its epithelium and wascrowd
Transactions . d entirely with the exception of aslight oozing. The growth increased rapidly, assumed moreand more a fungous character, was bathed with a fetid saniousdischarge, threw off shreds of slough, and became very offen-sive. It extended through the lachrymal duct, filled the nasalcavity and appeared externally as a plug in the nostril. Theskin showed a remarkable resistance to its encroachment, andeven to the last that of the upper lid maintained its integrityexcept a superficial slough from pressure at the summit of theswelling ; that of the lower lid lost its epithelium and wascrowded back beneath the fungous mass. The tumor continuedto increase until a few days before death, when its growth nolonger kept pace with the loss by sloughing and there wassome diminution in its size. These photographs show it at itsmaximum when it was fully half as large as the patients head,and extended nearly to the scalp above, to the ear at the side,and three inches beneath the chin below. The margin of the.
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