A set of six framed oil paintings of scenes in the Pacific Northwest. Four of the paintings, "Falls of the Peluse Snake River," "Kakkabakka Falls (Falls on the Willamette)", "Buffalo Hunt," and "Buffalo Resting", have been attributed to Paul Kane. "Fort Vancouver, Columbia River," has been attributed to John Mix Stanley (see Hassrick, et al., Painted Journeys, 2016). C. P. Wilson, in his article “Early Western Paintings” in The Beaver (June, 1948) suggests that “Mount Hood from the East” might be by or after a work by Henry J. Warre, a British Army officer.
Description:
Acquired from the widow of Sir George Simpson. Given to the library by William Robertson Coe. and Paul Kane (1810-1871), from Toronto, spent four years in Europe and returned to North America to paint Indians and scenes of the Northwest. He joined the Hudson's Bay Company's 1846 spring brigade to the Northwest and George Simpson, the company's governor, commissioned paintings. After two years, Kane returned east and fulfilled commissions by George William Allan of Toronto and others, to do oil paintings of Northwest Indians and scenes.
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest, Pacific--Pictorial works.
Subject (Name):
Kane, Paul,--1810-1871., Stanley, John Mix,--1814-1872., and Warre, Henry James,--Sir,--1819-1898.
Subject (Topic):
American bison hunting--Pictorial works. and American bison--Pictorial works.
A set of six framed oil paintings of scenes in the Pacific Northwest. Four of the paintings, "Falls of the Peluse Snake River," "Kakkabakka Falls (Falls on the Willamette)", "Buffalo Hunt," and "Buffalo Resting", have been attributed to Paul Kane. "Fort Vancouver, Columbia River," has been attributed to John Mix Stanley (see Hassrick, et al., Painted Journeys, 2016). C. P. Wilson, in his article “Early Western Paintings” in The Beaver (June, 1948) suggests that “Mount Hood from the East” might be by or after a work by Henry J. Warre, a British Army officer.
Description:
Acquired from the widow of Sir George Simpson. Given to the library by William Robertson Coe. and Paul Kane (1810-1871), from Toronto, spent four years in Europe and returned to North America to paint Indians and scenes of the Northwest. He joined the Hudson's Bay Company's 1846 spring brigade to the Northwest and George Simpson, the company's governor, commissioned paintings. After two years, Kane returned east and fulfilled commissions by George William Allan of Toronto and others, to do oil paintings of Northwest Indians and scenes.
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest, Pacific--Pictorial works.
Subject (Name):
Kane, Paul,--1810-1871., Stanley, John Mix,--1814-1872., and Warre, Henry James,--Sir,--1819-1898.
Subject (Topic):
American bison hunting--Pictorial works. and American bison--Pictorial works.
A set of six framed oil paintings of scenes in the Pacific Northwest. Four of the paintings, "Falls of the Peluse Snake River," "Kakkabakka Falls (Falls on the Willamette)", "Buffalo Hunt," and "Buffalo Resting", have been attributed to Paul Kane. "Fort Vancouver, Columbia River," has been attributed to John Mix Stanley (see Hassrick, et al., Painted Journeys, 2016). C. P. Wilson, in his article “Early Western Paintings” in The Beaver (June, 1948) suggests that “Mount Hood from the East” might be by or after a work by Henry J. Warre, a British Army officer.
Description:
Acquired from the widow of Sir George Simpson. Given to the library by William Robertson Coe. and Paul Kane (1810-1871), from Toronto, spent four years in Europe and returned to North America to paint Indians and scenes of the Northwest. He joined the Hudson's Bay Company's 1846 spring brigade to the Northwest and George Simpson, the company's governor, commissioned paintings. After two years, Kane returned east and fulfilled commissions by George William Allan of Toronto and others, to do oil paintings of Northwest Indians and scenes.
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest, Pacific--Pictorial works.
Subject (Name):
Kane, Paul,--1810-1871., Stanley, John Mix,--1814-1872., and Warre, Henry James,--Sir,--1819-1898.
Subject (Topic):
American bison hunting--Pictorial works. and American bison--Pictorial works.
Title supplied by curator., Date based on report of patient's surgery., Case Summary from Peter Parker's Journal: "I observed a Chinese [man] advance timidly to the hospital leading his little daughter, who at first sight appeared to have two heads. A sarcoma hung over the right eye and so depressed the lid as to exclude the light. The child complained of vertigo, and habitually inclined her head to the left side. It was evident that left to itself the tumor might terminate the life of the child." As a precaution, Dr. Parker had both parents sign a statement which read "they would exculpate me from censure, if the child should die in consequence of the attempt. An opiate was given 15 minutes before, and wine and water during the operation. The patient cheerfully submitted to be blindfolded and to have her hands and feet confined. The tumor was extirpated in 8 minutes.", “Akae is mentioned in the first report under date of December 27th, 1835. About three months subsequent to the removal of the original tumor, as she was walking by the river side, a coolie, carelessly passing by, thrust the end of the bamboo, with which he carried his burden, against the superciliary ridge of the right temples from which the tumor had been removed. When she came to the hospital a month after the accident, there was considerable tumefaction above the eye. It being the close of that term, she was directed to remain at home until the first of June; at which time the tumor had attained the magnitude of the former one though not exactly the same shape and others previously on the side of her face were enlarged. The new one was altogether of a different character from the former. It had the appearance of a spongy mass, (...) the general health was affected and death seemed probable and that speedily, unless its progress could be arrested by a surgical operation, while the heat of midsummer not a little increased the hazard of such a measure. (...) On the first of July the operation was performed. On the first incision being made a large quantity of greenish fluid gushed out from cells of disorganized matter. The tumors above the ear were all removed (...) There was a loss of sixteen ounces of blood. (...) The constitution suffered much more than in the former instance, but she has very much regained her strength and the flesh she had lost, and now looks forward to the prospect of returning home in a few days, with the hope of enjoying a happy reprieve from the grave., Continuation of the case in the Third Quarterly Report for the term ending on the 4th of August 1836, The Chinese Repository 1836-1837, Vol. 5, p. 188: First Report Quarterly Report, from the 4th of November, 1835 to the Fourth of February 1836, Chinese Repository 1835-36, Vol. 4, p. 467-469: “Sarcomatous tumor. Akae, a little girl, aged 13. As I was closing the business of the day, I observed a Chinese timidly advancing into the hospital leading his little daughter, who, at first sight, appeared to have two heads. A sarcomatous tumor projecting from her right temple and extending down to the cheek as low as her mouth sadly disfigured her face. It overhung the right eye, and so depressed the lid as to exclude light. The parotid and also its accessory gland were very much enlarged. This large tumor was surrounded by several small and well-defined ones, the principal of which lay over the buccinators muscle. Slight prominences on other parts of the body indicated a predisposition to tumors, which I have learned, is hereditary. The mother presents a most singular appearance, being covered from birth with small tumors, some of the size of large warts, and others hanging pendent, in shape and size like the finger. Akae is the only one of her four children thus afflicted. Her general health was somewhat deranged, the tongue foul, pulse frequent and feeble, and the heat of the tumor above the natural temperature of the system. The blood vessels passing over it were much enlarged. The weight much accelerated its growth, and occasioned pain at night in the integuments around its base. The child complained of vertigo, and habitually inclined her head to the left side. According to the statement of parents, the tumor was excited into action by the small-pox, which the child had four years since, but within the last four months had attained three fourths of its present magnitude. The child was put under medical treatment for a month, during which her health decidedly improved. From the first, it appeared to me possible to remove it, yet the possibility of an unfortunate result, or even of the child’s “dying under the knife”, and the operation of the hospital being thereby interrupted or broken up, did not escape any thoughts. On the other hand, however, it was a case presented in divine providence, and it was evident that, left to itself, the tumor might terminate the life of the child, and that, from the accompanying symptoms, before a great length of time. The surgical gentlemen whose counsel I was so happy as to enjoy were all agreed as to the expediency of its removal, yet with all its circumstances, they regarded it a formidable case. Though in a Christian and enlightened land the surgeon might have undertaken it without embarrassment, it was not so here. Having often, in secret as well as in concert with others, commended the child to the great Physician, I resolved upon the undertaking, with the precaution of procuring a written instrument, signed by both parents, stating that the operation was undertaken at their desire, and that they would exculpate me from censure of the child should die in consequence of the attempt. Even the burial of the corpse was a subject of forethought and agreement with the father. On the nineteen of January, with the signal blessing of God, the operation was performed. The serenity of the sky after several days of continued rain, the presence and kind assistance several surgical gentlemen, and the fortitude of a heroine, with which the child endured the operation, call for my most heartfelt gratitude to the Giver of all mercies. A few days previous to the extirpation an evaporating lotion was applied to the tumor. An opiate was given fifteen minutes before, and wine water during the operation. The patient cheerfully submitted to be blindfolded and to have her hands and feet confined. The extirpation was affected in eight minutes. Another small tumor of the size of a filbert was also removed from under the eyebrow. The loss of blood was estimated to be about ten or twelve ounces. Not an artery required to be taken up. She vomited, but did not faint. The tumor weighed one pound and a quarter. The circumference at its base was sixteen inches and three quarters, and the length of the incision from the top to the head to the cheek ten inches. On opening it I found portions of it becoming black and two or three drachms of sanious blood of a dark chocolate color, indicating that it had already taken on a diseased action. After a nap the child awoke cheerful as usual; in the evening her pulse was accelerated and she complained of nausea, but ever afterwards uniformly said that she had no pain. No inflammation supervened, and the wound healed by the first intention. Three days after the operation, in several places of an inch or more in length, it had completely healed, and it fourteen days the whole, except a spot the fourth of an inch, was entirely healed. In eighteen days the patient was discharged.”, This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Portrait restored in 2008 with funds for preservation donated by Will Melton in memory of his mother, Helen Dunn-Melton.
Subject (Name):
Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Sarcoma, Tumors, and Sick children
Seated young woman with a tumor on the right side of her upper lip
Alternative Title:
Kwo Pe and Case No. 6071
Description:
Title supplied by curator., Date based on report of patient's surgery., Ninth Report of the Ophthalmic Hospital in Canton for the quarterly term ending in December 31st, 1838. Chinese Repository, Vol. 7. 1838-1839, p. 584: No. 6071. Dec 14th. Tumor pendulous from the upper lip. Kwo Pe, aged 27, from Shuntih. Seven years since, this amiable young woman found a tumor commencing on the right side of the upper lip. It had now attained the size of her fist, and hung pendulous, reaching below the chin, and carrying the underlip to the left side; it not only greatly disfigured her, but impeded her speech, and required to be supported when she ate., Dec 19th the tumor was removed by the hare lip operation, two arteries of considerable size were divided (...) The third day from the operation, the first time of dressing, the needle was removed. The wound had nearly healed by first intention, and on the 5th, only a piece of sticking plaster was removed. In a few days more she was discharged perfectly well, and her natural features nearly restored. She showed her gratitude and respect by not kow-towing [italics by Peter Parker; “which is borrowed from kòu tóu in Mandarin Chinese, is the act of deep respect shown by kneeling and bowing so low as to have one's head touching”], knowing that it was offensive., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Name):
Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Sick persons, and Footbinding
Seated woman with a large tumor on left side of her face
Alternative Title:
Lo Wanshun and Case No. 2214
Description:
Title supplied by curator., Date based on report of patient's surgery., Peter Parker First Quarterly Report of the Hospital, Chinese Repository 1836-1837, vol. 5, p. 457: Sarcomatous tumor. Lo Washun, aged 41. This interesting woman of the first society of her native village, had been twenty years afflicted with a tumor upon the left side of the face. It was situated below the ear, extending forward below the cheek, and down upon the side of the neck, so as nearly to touch the clavicle. As usual, the traces of the cautery and escharotics of the native practitioners were seen upon it; and the patient stated that it had been lanced, and the hemorrhage in consequence was arrested with difficulty. After having attended to the general health, on the 15th December the tumor was successfully removed. The patient endured the operation with fortitude characteristic of the Chinese. The loss of blood was considerable, she vomited but did not faint. She feared lest a large eschar might disfigure her face. By making the incision rather perpendicularly, from the ear towards the trachea, sufficient facial integument was preserved to bring the wound behind and below the angle of the jaw. The wound healed by the first intention and in ten days the dressing was wholly removed. The face had nearly its natural appearance. Grateful and happy, she returned to her husband and family., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Name):
Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Surgery, Sick persons, and Footbinding
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Name):
Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Sick persons, and Footbinding
Female covering face with left hand, right hand disfigured
Alternative Title:
Case No. 5974 and Leang Yen
Description:
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Ninth Report from October 1st to December 31st 1838, Chinese Repository, vol. 7, 1838-1839, p. 59 : Leang Yen, a female aged 34, from the neighborhood of Fa Te, the “flower gardens”. In October 1838, the disease commenced, at the head of the radius, and it had gradually increased until it now measured one foot seven inches around the wrist, and about the same at its base, it had never been remarkably painful, neither had the discharge of blood been great. The patient’s countenance was very sallow, and face and extremities generally edematous, particularly on the right side. (...) The patient has a morbid appetite, eating as much as in health. Pulse feeble and frequent; occasionally a few grains of blue pill and colocynth were administered, and opiates at night, with a view of improving her general health. Several medical gentlemen saw the patient, and among them Dr. Guilbert of the French frigate L’Artemise. All were agreed that it was advisable to amputate the arm without delay. Though the patient did not understand what was spoken, she learned or surmised, from a gesture inadvertently made, that amputation was proposed, and with great determination subsequently remarked to another, that she would sooner die than submit to the operation. In a few days the state of the case was explained to her, that in the opinion of several medical men she could not live long unless the arm was removed, that the operation would not be extremely painful, and that it was her only chance for protracting life. She urged her helplessness without her right hand, but admitted it was better than one limb should be sacrificed, than the whole body. However, in a few days she resolved to go home. After about twenty days she returned, manifestly improved in her health form the medicine she had taken, though the fungus has increased. The operation was again proposed to her and her husband. Each consented, but as it was an extraordinary affair he wished first to consult her relations. He did so, and wrote back that they confided entirely in my judgment, but ill health prevented his return. The patient still consented; the 5th of Dec. was fixed upon for the operation, and on the previous evening everything was is readiness; but the next morning when visited, she, with a toss of her head, emphatically explained, “No cutting! No cutting!” and holding up two fingers she added, “give 200 dollars and you may.” (White: “Someone has suggested this to her.”), This patient is an exception to all that have ever yet visited the hospital. She quite misunderstood the kindness that had been shown her. Food, and a female servant to attend constantly upon her, had been provided; and -- when, hearing that her husband’s health would not permit him to return to see the operation, she expressed a fear that if he was absent, and she should not perfectly recover, he might decline supporting her -- she was assured that if he deserted her, she should be provided for. It seemed at this time that she thought me anxious to mutilate her, and that I would give her a price to do it. The tumor was surrounded by a plate of bone the thickness of the pericranium, which being sawed through exposed a mass of matter of the consistency of brain. There were a few apertures at which this medullary substance had protruded and expanded itself like a mushroom.”, Identified by Stephen Rachman., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Name):
Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, and Sick persons
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Name):
Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, and Sick persons
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Name):
Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, and Sick persons
