Neoplasm of the Limbus conjunctiva / by Joseph Schneider.

Schneider, Joseph, active 1892.

Date:: 1892

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Credit: Neoplasm of the Limbus conjunctiva / by Joseph Schneider. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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g-lands. In the literature on the subject, I find the mention of but one tumor of such extreme growth, that mentioned by Swansy, (Dub. Quart. Journal of Med. So. 1871) a tumor two centimetres broad taken from a child eight months old. Cases so far reported have been those of flat apearance, seldom larger than a pea, and lying in the orbit or in the eye ball, and not as in this case lying superficially. The origin of this tumor I believe to be congenital, and its presence unnoticed until through some unknown cause its development began. The history and the facts connected with this case are in keeping with the recent teachings of the development of tumors, i. e., that congenital deposits may remain dormant for years until a suitable influence or irritant appears, when is developed a tu- mor malignant or non-malignant in character.