The homeopathic practice of surgery : together with operative surgery . se, provided we can discoversome rule for its safe and appropriate employment. The objec-tion to the use of this article and the reason why many of thesecancer plasters have fallen into disrepute, after having performedrepeated noted cures, is that the arsenic has been sometimes ab-sorbed and produced its poisonous effect. The yellow arsenic (Sulphide, Orpiment) seems to have beenmore generally useful than the arsenious acid. It is the principalremedy in one or two cancer recipes that have been very success-ful. We have it
The homeopathic practice of surgery : together with operative surgery . se, provided we can discoversome rule for its safe and appropriate employment. The objec-tion to the use of this article and the reason why many of thesecancer plasters have fallen into disrepute, after having performedrepeated noted cures, is that the arsenic has been sometimes ab-sorbed and produced its poisonous effect. The yellow arsenic (Sulphide, Orpiment) seems to have beenmore generally useful than the arsenious acid. It is the principalremedy in one or two cancer recipes that have been very success-ful. We have it, from what we believe reliable authority, thatthis is the important remedy in the preparation of a celebratedcancer Doctor, operating at the present time in New York city. CANCERS. 211 His preparation we are assured differs but little from that of afriend of ours, in which this is the active agent, and with whichhe has been almost universally successful. He applied it in theform of paste made with the white of eggs. A specimen of someof his cures is shown in Fig. It is from a cast now in the pathological cabinet of the Homeo-pathic College at Cleveland, which was taken at the commence-ment of treatment. A lady aged about 40 years had a tumorwhich had continued to grow slowly for a number of years. Anoperation for its removal was performed, and the wound healed bythe first intention. It soon after began to grow, and in severalmonths attained to the size represented by the drawing. TheDoctor gave arsenicum internally, and daily applied his paste tothe diseased mass, keeping it constantly covered with wet cancer sloughed off in large pieces and finally healed by gran-ulation. The lady recovered her health, and was afterwardsdelivered of a healthy child, and continued well when last heardfrom. 212 CANCERS. Compression has been successfully employed by M. Recamier: Of one hundred patients, sixteen appeared to be incurable, andunderwent only a palliative treatment; th
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