Portrait No. 14 [art original].
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15948658
Description
- Title
- Portrait No. 14 [art original].
- Alternative Title
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Case No. 35727
Fung Shí - Creator
- Lam, Qua, artist
- Contributor
- Peter Parker Collection (Yale Medical Library, Historical Library).
- Published / Created
- [1834-1855]
- Publication Place
- China
- Abstract
-
Older woman in traditional costume. Lobulated tumor at left side of abdominal wall
- Description
-
Title supplied by curator.
Date supplied by curator.
Sixteenth Report of the Ophthalmic Hospital for the Year 1850 and 1851, printed at the office of the Chinese Repository, p. 20-21: No. 35727, May 20th, 1850, Fungoid tumor, twenty inches in circumference, Fung Shí, aged 52, of the district Hioshán, had a fungoid tumor of some years growth, situated on the left side of the abdomen. It was bounded by the false ribs above, the spine of the ilium and the umbilicus on the right and left, and near the groin below. It penetrated so deeply that at the base as to excite the apprehension of a medical gentleman who assisted in the operation, that it might communicate with the cavity of the abdomen; but persuaded from the history of the case that it did not, the patient was put under the influence of chloroform, and the tumor extirpated. The mass was so softened by disease, that detached portions remained after the principal part was extirpated, which were carefully removed. The patient was entirely unconscious of the operation, and subsequently was eloquent in her praises to other patients, of this, to her, wonderful agent for the prevention of suffering under otherwise painful operations. In one month the wound healed; and the patient returned home apparently well; but some three months afterwards she returned, when it was too apparent that the disease was not entirely eradicated.
Several moveable tumors had formed beneath healthy integument around the base of the original one. It was proposed to repeat the operation, to which she was quite willing to submit; but her son, apprehensive she might not be able the necessary loss of blood in so doing, dissented, and she returned home; she has not been heard from since.
This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing. - Provenance
- Donated by Peter Parker to the Yale School of Medicine and transferred to the Historical Library.
- Extent
- 1 painting : 61 x 47 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
- Call Number
- LQ Portrait 014
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Oil paintings
- Material
- oil on board, framed ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888.
Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China) - Subject (Topic)
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Medicine, Chinese
Missions, Medical
Tumors
Sick persons - Subjects
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888
Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Medicine, Chinese
Missions, Medical
Tumors
Sick persons
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement
- Citation
- Lam Qua, Portrait No. 14. Yale Medical Library. Historical Library, Yale University. New Haven, CT.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 16895830
- Object ID (OID)
- 15948658
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