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10. Portrait No. 19 [art original].
- Creator:
- Lam, Qua, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1834-1855]
- Call Number:
- LQ Portrait 019
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Woman, elegantly dressed and coiffed, holding her daughter. Gangrene of feet
- Alternative Title:
- Case No. 23944 and Lúh Akwang
- Description:
- Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Fourteenth Report, Chinese Repository, vol. 17, 1848, p.141-142: No 23944, 8th March 1847. Loss of both feet at the ankle, from compression. Lúh Akwang, an interesting little girl of Honan, 7 years of age. On the 9th of Feb, agreeably to a custom that has prevailed in China for thousands of years, the bandages were applied “à la mode” to her feet, occasioning her excessive sufferings, which after the lapse of a fortnight became unsupportable, and the parents were reluctantly compelled to remove the bandages, when, as the father represented, the toes were found discolored. Gangrene has commenced and when she was brought to the Hospital on the 8th of March it has extended to the whole foot. The line of demarcation formed at the ankles, and both feet were perfectly black, shriveled and dry, and nearly ready to drop off at the ankle joint. The left foot separated in a few days after, and within about ten days, the right also, leaving the stumps healthy, the granulation rapidly covering the bone and new skin forming at the edges. The friend preferring it, notwithstanding advice to the contrary, they were furnished with the necessary dressings, and the child treated at home, being brought occasionally to the hospital. The last time she was seen, the right stump had nearly healed over, the other was less advanced in the healing process. Since the occurrence of this case, I have heard, on good authority, of several others similar, a painful comment upon the cruelty of this custom to which millions in China have been subject during many centuries past., 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, Footbinding, Gangrene, and Sick children
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Portrait No. 19 [art original].
11. Thomas W. Hollen, Hospital Number 20, 611
- Creator:
- Harewood General Hospital
Photographer unidentified - Published / Created:
- 1865
- Collection Title:
- Binder's Title: Gunshot Wounds Illustrated
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Description:
- Harewood U.S.A. General Hospital,, Hospital Number 20.611., R. B. BONTECOU,, Surgeon U.S. Vols:, In Charge., Thomas W. Hollen, private Co. H. 205 Pa. Vols., age 28, admitted April 5th 1865, to Harewood U.S.A. General Hospital from City Point, Va., with gun shot wound through right wrist joint, also upper third right arm, flesh. Wounded at Petersburg, April 2, 1865. When admitted wrist and hand were very much swollen and inflamed, but by the application of cold to the parts all inflammation had ceased. April 20th, the wrist and hand became again swollen and very much inflamed, and all remedies failed to subdue it, sinuses having formed on the dorsal surface of hand and wrist. The sinuses were relieved of pus, and fore arm enveloped in bran; sinuses continued to form, having involved the cellular tissue of elbow joint. April 28th, by bandaging from shoulder to elbow joint, the inflammation was subdued. Very little discharge from wound at present time (May 1st.) Gangrene attacked the hand, but soon disappeared., and Thomas W. Hollen.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Washington, D.C
- Subject (Name):
- Bontecou, Reed Brockway, 1824-1907, Harewood General Hospital, Reed B. (Brockway) Bontecou 1824-1907, and Thomas W. Hollen, Hospital Number 20, 611
- Subject (Topic):
- Arm—Wounds and injuries, Gangrene, Medical photography—patients, Medical photography—United States—19th century, United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Medical and sanitary affairs, and Wrist—wounds and injuries
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Thomas W. Hollen, Hospital Number 20, 611
