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... seen my treatment in all its stages , and who had been profuse in his expressions of admiration , in which my method ( except the material used ) is described , but in which paper he forgot to mention me or his visits to my rooms ; but ...
... seen my treatment in all its stages , and who had been profuse in his expressions of admiration , in which my method ( except the material used ) is described , but in which paper he forgot to mention me or his visits to my rooms ; but ...
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... seen . This rarity is the more remarkable by its contrast with the occur- rence of the disease abroad . In France , according to M. Lebert , " about one - fifth of the cancers of the breast are soft and encephaloid . In America , Dr ...
... seen . This rarity is the more remarkable by its contrast with the occur- rence of the disease abroad . In France , according to M. Lebert , " about one - fifth of the cancers of the breast are soft and encephaloid . In America , Dr ...
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... seen . " * Encephaloid cancer imparts the feeling of fluc- tuation , as if it were an abscess containing fluid , requiring great caution in its diagnosis . These tumours have been spoken of as cysted and non- cysted tumours ; but Mr ...
... seen . " * Encephaloid cancer imparts the feeling of fluc- tuation , as if it were an abscess containing fluid , requiring great caution in its diagnosis . These tumours have been spoken of as cysted and non- cysted tumours ; but Mr ...
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... seen belonged to this species of the disease . Scirrhous tumours have no enveloping capsule or cyst , but the substance of the mammary gland adheres closely to them ; and as the cancer increases , so the structure of the breast ...
... seen belonged to this species of the disease . Scirrhous tumours have no enveloping capsule or cyst , but the substance of the mammary gland adheres closely to them ; and as the cancer increases , so the structure of the breast ...
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... seen noticed by any other writer . He says " The sufferer soon feels a numbness in the arm and hand ; and there is one peculiar symptom which I have never seen men- tioned in any treatise on the subject , viz . , a feeling of pain in ...
... seen noticed by any other writer . He says " The sufferer soon feels a numbness in the arm and hand ; and there is one peculiar symptom which I have never seen men- tioned in any treatise on the subject , viz . , a feeling of pain in ...
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