Symphytum where the type is sarcomatous. Thuja where there has been post- vaccinal disturbance. Condurango where there are concomitant affections of the lips. Belladonna where the affection is mainly of the breast, and so on. But each and all of these has a larger sphere of action and is prescribed on wider indications than those here mentioned. And the phrase “a ladder of remedies” was coined by Dr. Drysdale for remembrance in treatment of just such a polyphasic malady as malignancy.
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