Meaning of schirrus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A hard swelling of a gland or other organ.
   obsolete
2. A condition characterized by the formation of tumors.
   obsolete

Examples

“[…] 'Tis true, when once a Schirrus is formed in a glandular Part, no one can tell⟳ how it may terminate; becauſe various changes may ariſe from various Cauſes in the Conſtitution of the Perſon; and if the Juices ſhould degenerate into a highly acrid, or what the Ancients termed an atrabiliary State, the Schirrus will be (cæteris paribus) more liable to become⟳ a Cancer.”

““A schirrus of the favourable kind, may continue⟳ a long time almost harmless, unless it compresses the neighbouring vessels pretty much; as is observed by Van Swieten, though that learned physician says, that so long as a schirrus possesses any part of the body, it is plain there is reason⟳ to be in continual dread of something worse succeeding, &c. for whatever incites the motions of the humours, and quickens circulation, as passions of the mind⟳, errors in diet, motions of the body, bruises, falls, fevers, &c. may change⟳ a benign schirrus into a deplorable cancer.”

“We have⟳ seen it occur⟳ without preceding schirrus, present⟳ an equal smooth surface with little secretion; and many other appearances of this ulcer have⟳ been observed, as it has been modified by accidental circumstances.”

“An exquisite Schirrus is uncurable; for seeing it is senselesse, it is manifest that the part is deprived of the influence⟳ of the animal spirit: and seeing this humor doth distend the sinewes, veins and arteries, the faculty itself is strangled and choaked, so that it neither can direct⟳, nor help⟳ the naturall heat to concurre with the meanes, to be applyed for the dispatching of this griefe.”

“Chirurgical writers have⟳ generally enumerated tumor as an essential symptom of the schirrus ; and it is very true, that this disease is often accompanied with an increase⟳ of bulk in the part affected.”

“In acute cases they are rapidly produced, make⟳ scarcely an attempt⟳ at development, and die⟳ off with rapidity; in schirrus they are formed more slowly, and in much smaller numbers, live⟳ longer, and make⟳ some attempt⟳ at caudation, but they are still farther removed in form⟳ from the typical cell of healthy tissues.”

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