Man with a huge lobulated tumor of the face and head. Satellite lesions on his left chest
Alternative Title:
Case No. 5119 and Wang Waekae
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Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Eighth Report, Chinese Repository, vol. 7, May 1838 -- May 1839, p. 102-103: No. 5119, Tumor of the skin. Wang Waekae of Kaouyaou, aged 45, a man of doubtful character had numerous small tumors of the skin, of a light flesh color and a smooth shining surface, situated about the arms, breast and neck. In the latter position one had attained a great size, hanging pendulous from his left ear, to which it was attached by a peduncle of two inches diameter, to an almost immovable base formed by a similar disease of the skin, an inch thick, extending over the mastoid process and upwards and backwards over five or six square inches. Both the base and the pendulous portion were traversed by small ducts, discharging fetid pus at the surface. The patient expressed a wish to have the large mass removed, but was impatient if the other were touched. Considering the age of the man it seemed inexpedient to remove the firm base, but it was easy to extinct the unsightly jewel that hung dangling upon his breast, impeding his labor. His wishes were compiled with. On the 23rd May the operation was performed in a very short time. In the center of the neck of the tumor, was a cluster of small arteries, eight of which required a ligature. (...) The tumor weighed four pounds. (...) The singular appearance of this man excited strong suspicions, particularly with his countrymen that he might belong to a band of ruffians. His eyes were usually fixed upon the ground, his manners were most forbidding, and his answers to questions brief as possible. He bore with great impatience the necessary dressings upon the tumor, and repeatedly removed them at his option against the strictest injunctions, and was daily restless to be away though he was provided with things necessary for his comfort. On the tenth day the ligatures came away, soon after the patient disappeared and has not been heard of since. The manner of his absconding (...) strengthens the suspicions that he was a bad man, and but little accustomed to the civilities he received and witnesses at the hospital., 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)
Man in black cap with red ball finial. Tumor of left cheek and face
Alternative Title:
Case No. 38785 and Sié Kienhang
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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. 23: No. 38785, February 17th, 1851. Glandular tumor, 2 1/2 feet in circumference. The full history of this case as given by the patient, by request made on his entering to the Hospital, is as follows, and is interesting as it exhibits the state of Chinese surgery, and illustrates the feelings of the sufferer. The translation has been made by a friend: “Sié Kienhang, applying for medical aid, is a siúsái graduate belonging to the district of Pehliú, in the inferior department of Wuh-lin in the province of Kwángsi. His present age is thirty. Having a disease of old standing, which has not yet been removed, he begs the favor of being cured. It is now seven years since this cumbrous tumor began to form, and although it is true that I have been several times treated with a view to its cure; yet living as a dog in a retired corner, all the practitioners I have met with have been stupid hands, and the work has not been rightly done; and thus instead of the tumor being removed, the more that was to cure it, the larger it became, until at last I came to be truly without resource. (...) I proceed with respectful compliance with your orders to describe distinctly the origin of this malady, and the various changes which have taken place in its form and appearance up to the present time., “This tumor upon my face first appeared in May 1846. Previous to its appearance there was a deficiency in the vital stamina, and the body was generally debilitated; and whenever I accidentally took cold, I was affected with a kind of confusion in the head and eyes, and after suffering from vomiting and diarrhea for one or two days, all on a sudden an excrescence appeared on the left cheek opposite the mouth, of about the size and shape of a betel-nut. It did not give pain, and if pressed by the hand could be moved up and down; at this time there were some who said it was a swelling of the cheek, others said that it was a growth in the course of formation. All the doctors made use of herbal medicines fitted for counteracting poisons, and for scattering concretions of blood, with the view of removing it: but the more these were applied, the more it grew in size. They proved utterly useless., During the 3rd year a doctor in my native place who boasted of his abilities, endeavored to cure it. He punctured the excrescence with an iron probe, and drew from it several cupfuls of fresh blood; when the blood ceased to flow and formed as it were a thread, he inserted a medicinal arrow (seton) into the aperture in order to form pus, saying that thus it would be dissolved. At that time, it did not give much pain, and continued to form pus, but when the wire had been inserted for three or four days, the pain entered the very heart’s pores, and my sufferings were insupportable.”, (...) On the 5th March, 1851, assisted by Dr. Marjoribanks, and Dr. Stewart, surgeon of the Bengal Rifles, in the presence of Dr. Bowring and the Bishop of Victoria, and several other gentlemen, the tumor was successfully extirpated. The tumor was situated upon the left side of his face, was two and a quarter feet in circumference, extending from the eye to the shoulder, and distorting the mouth, which he was scarcely able to close. It was highly vascular, and the superficial veins numerous and large. On the 2nd of April the patient was discharged in good health and spirits, and with comparatively little disfigurement. On leaving he presented the following couplet: “One book of healing wisdom he to regions far imparts, And thousand verdant orange trees by the fountains side he plants.” (...) This patient was a literary man of good talents, and naturally an amiable disposition. He was a most attentive listener of the truth of the Gospel during his whole stay in the Hospital, and appeared intellectually, at least, convinced of the truth and excellence of Christianity.”, 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, Face, Cancer, and Sick persons
Man wearing brown cap. Tumor on right side of face
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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, Face, Cancer, and Sick persons
Gaunt man with a pendulous growth of right upper arm
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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, Arm, Diseases, 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, Lips, Cancer, and Sick persons
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Fourteenth report, Chinese Repository, vol. 17, 1848, p.143-144: No 25870, October 4th, 1847, I selected for its first trial a Chinese, a robust farmer, forty-nine years old of the district of Heo Shan, who had a steatomatous tumor, situated in the right axilla, but distinct from the glands and nearly the size of his head. He was placed upon the operation table, in a sitting posture, ready to be laid down. He was then directed to inhale deliberately with full inspirations the Ether from Dr. Jackson’s apparatus. I had hold of the right arm with one hand and the other behind him, ready to lay him gently down. In forty-three seconds the muscles of his arm suddenly relaxed and he ceased simultaneously to inhale the ether and in a state of insensibility he was laid back upon the table his head being still elevated. His pulse was quickened, and the eyes assumed a dull and vacant appearance. The tumor was then extirpated by Kwan-Taou, my Senior Pupil, and three arteries tied in four minutes. There was not the slightest apparent consciousness during this part of the operation. As there was considerable oozing of blood, cold water was applied and the wound exposed to the atmosphere for ten or eight minutes, before proceeding to apply sutures. By this time the effects of the ether upon the system had begun to subside, and the patient gave signs of sensibility to the prick of the needle (...), and after the wound was dressed and the patient placed in bed, he complained of the tightness of sutures, but had no recollection of the incisions during the operation., 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, Ether, Anesthetics, and Sick persons
Man, pale and gaunt with open garment. Large mass of lower anterior abdominal wall
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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, Abdomen, Cancer, and Sick persons
Man with numerous cystic lesions found on his arms, chest and face
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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)
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Ninth Report of the Ophthalmic Hospital in Canton for the quarterly term ending in December 31st, 1838. Chinese Repository, Band 7. 1838-1839, p. 584: No. 5985. Horn upon the crown of the head. Chow Keatseuen, aged 31, a florist of Shuntih, had a horn upon his head, just to the right of the “bump of the veneration”. The patient stated, that some years since he had an encysted tumor upon his head, the integument of which was destroyed by escharotics and the fluid escaped. The germ of the horn was thus exposed. Its growth had been gradual. Sometime previous to coming to the hospital half an inch or more had been cut off. At this time the remaining truncated cone was a full inch high and two inches in circumference, at the base. It was of a yellow white color, and of the usual hardness of horn. It was attached wholly to the integument of the scalp, and gave great pain if pulled. Dec. 19th it was removed. Two elliptical incisions were made so as to take out the whole of the integument in which it originated. This was preternaturally soft, and the veins and arteries were unusually large and numerous. The wound was brought completely together by sutures and adhesive straps, and it about one week it was quite well., 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, Horns (Anatomy), and Sick persons
