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Identifier: interstatemedica1419unse (find matches)
Title: Interstate medical journal
Year: 1907 (1900s)
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Subjects: Medicine
Publisher: St. Louis, : Interstate Medical Journal
Contributing Library: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Historical Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the National Endowment for the Humanities

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these neoplasms harbor thegreat danger of hemorrhage. In nearly all instances this is alarmingand exceedingly difficult to check. On account of the size of these tumorsthe application of the strangulation method has proved ineffective.Chemic decomposition with electricity or cauterization by means of aheated wire has given results that have only been partially satisfactory. A method that can aptly be called the coagulation method has un-doubtedly given the best results. It is the method submitted and prac-ticed by Dr. J. A. Wyeth, of New York, and consists of injecting waterat a high temperature into these angiomata. My experience with tumors of this nature has been limited. I havehad, however, one case under my care, and on account of the severity ofthe condition, the many disappointments this patient had suffered andthe happy termination that crowned the work, I beg to be permitted topresent a report of it to you. With good health, a body full of vigor and free from any physical de-
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Fig. 1. Hemangioma cavernosum of upper lip and inner side of left cheek. 380 REDER. fects, the joys of life are assured. When we look upon a young womanin good health and of excellent build, with a mass as large as a hensegg, bluish in color, occupying the site of the upper lip and hanging overupon the chin, our sympathy goes out to her for we know that this facialdefect deprives her of many of the joys of life. When I first saw this patient on June 6, 1906, I spoke verydiscourag-ingly to her because I did not know how much good nor how much harmI might be able to do her should I undertake to exercise my judgmentand skill in her behalf. She had been to a number of physicians, goodand bad, for the last five years, seeking relief and invariably returnedhome downhearted and discouraged. This was the condition of her face: The right side, excepting two-thirds of the portion of the upper lip, was normal. The left side showeda marked swelling of the cheek which pushed up the lower eye-lid a

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