SECTION 40.
CHROMIUM.
Cancer Removed Without the Knife. Apply Chloride of Chromium with a soft swab until the tumor is thoroughly saturated, then apply Indian - meal poultice, made into a dough with glycerin, and keep it on until the crust is detached; then apply the Chloride again and the poultice; so continue until it is entirely extirpated, then let it heal. If the poultice should render the patient restless, mix with Stramonium - leaf tea. Daily applications of Fuel oil is said to remove cancers and other tumors, and cure Chronic ulcers.
(A) In order to remove cancer without pain or use of the knife, especially open cancer, paint the growth with a 10 or 20 per cent. solution of hydrochlorate of cocaine, then apply an escharotic with which some cocaine should be incorporated; the process may be completed at one sitting or several, until the growth is removed. A cancerous growth of the os and cervix uteri was destroyed without pain by means of a 10 per cent, solution of cocaine, and stick of Potassa fusa. It is suggested that painless counter - irritation may be made by mixing cocaine with the irritant.