conium in cancer of mammae

Hoyne T S, Clinical Therapeutics 1878, p. 235.

CASE CCCCXCIX. Mrs. H., aged thirty years, consulted me in 1869, for a tumor in the left breast. She gave the following history. Five years previously she had a hard cancer on the left lower eyelid, which was cured in about four months by the constant use of Fowler's solution of Arsenic. During the interval, her mother had died with cancer of the breast, as had, also, another member of the family. At that time the tumor was as large as a hen's egg, and as hard as a stone, painful when pressed. Had considerable pain in the breast before the menses, especially at night; is very irritable. Conium 200 was administered for about two weeks. At the end of this time, the tumor was smaller, and perhaps not quite as hard; otherwise, the patient remained the same. On consultation with Dr. Guernsey, of Philadelphia, Conium 800 was given for a period of over two months, with slight improvement. Conium 71,000 was then given with complete cure, and the patient still remains well. Hoyne.