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D., Transactions of the American Medical Association, volume xvI., 250 456 502 378 457 40, 123, 169, 213, 215, 306, 378, 419, 458, 504 BUFFALO Medical and Surgical Journal. VOL. V. AUGUST, 1865. No. 1. ART. I.—Transactions of the Medical Society of the County of Kings. QUARTERLY MEETING, OCTOBER, 1864. Cancer. DR. HUTCHISON presented a specimen of malignant disease of the breast, with the following history: "Mary Ann Daly, aged 38, born in Ireland, sixteen years in this country, married-no children-one miscarriage five years ago. About a year ago the left breast was struck; two or three months afterwards she noticed a hardness in the breast, retraction of the nipple, and induration of the axillary glands of the same side. The induration, when first noticed, was about the same size as at present. There was no discoloration of the integument until about four months ago. About three weeks since, by advice of a druggist, she applied a poultice, which was followed by an ulcer about the size of the thumb-nail, and surrounded by a ring of discolored integument. The glands in the axilla were enlarged to about the size of the end of a man's thumb. The pain in the breast has been sharp, quite severe at times, and again absent for about a week at a time. Thinks she had more pain at night." The diseased mass was removed in the usual way-no blood vessels had to be tied, a circumstance he had also noticed, where the tumor was enucleated. The axillary glands were also removed, as they were very much involved. The specimen presents all the physical as well as the clinical characteristics of cancerous disease. The flaps were drawn together by the continuous silver suture. DR. ENOS referred to the difference between benign and malignant tumors, and enumerated the different diagnostic symptoms. In reference to his own case, he stated that the tumor was not grow |