Portrait No. 28 [art original].

Description

Title: Portrait No. 28 [art original].
Alternative Title: Case No. 48974
Ho She
Creator: Lam, Qua, artist
Contributor: Peter Parker Collection (Yale Medical Library, Historical Library).
Published / Created: [1834-1855]
Publication Place: China
Abstract: Woman standing, primarily naked. Large, lobulated tumor of the right breast
Description: Title supplied by curator.
Date supplied by curator.
“Report of 1848, No. 28974 (no such case number in the Fifteenth report, Chinese Repository, vol. 11, 1850)."
“Ho She. Scirrhous Breast. 6 years tumor two feet in circumference extending nearly to the hip. Breast traversed by large veins. Surface red and glossy. Her pallid expression indicated great pain and long continued suffering. Tumor after removal weighed ten pounds.”
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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: English

Genre: Oil paintings
Material: oil on board, framed ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Parker, Peter, 1804-1888.
Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Subject (Topic): Medicine, Chinese
Missions, Medical
Breast
Tumors
Cancer
Sick persons
Subjects: Parker, Peter, 1804-1888
Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Medicine, Chinese
Missions, Medical
Breast > Tumors
Breast > Cancer
Sick persons

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Citation: Lam Qua, Portrait No. 28. Yale Medical Library. Historical Library, Yale University. New Haven, CT.