Donated by Peter Parker to the Yale School of Medicine and transferred to the Historical Library., Fifteenth Report, Chinese Repository, vol. 11, 1850, p. 268: No. 27976, Lipoma of both cheeks, 12th June 1848, Háng Ahau, aged 50, of the district of Pwányü, manufacturer of artificial flowers, had a singular affection of both cheeks, resembling lipoma of the nose. The morbid growth of either side were of the same size, about ten inches in circumference, and hung pendulous from both cheeks, presenting a very singular appearance. The only inconvenience occasioned was from their weight. Shortly after presenting himself at the hospital, he was seized with fever, and went home, and has not since returned., and Man with lumpy masses hanging from both cheeks.
Subject (Geographic):
China
Subject (Name):
Case No. 27976, Háng Ahau, and Parker, Peter, 1804-1888
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Chinese, Missions and Missionaries, Missions, Medical, Neoplasms, and Tumors
Drawings of Alaska, and Tatoosh Island, Washington
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 4
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Paintings & Drawings
Abstract:
Drawings by John A. Fuller that document Sitka and other locations in Alaska, 1867, as well as a drawing of a lighthouse on Tatoosh Island, Washington, 1866-1867. Images of Sitka, Alaska, include overviews of the city and landscape, as well as several structures that include St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral, Sitka Lutheran Church, a hospital, a sawmill, and the residence of Colonel Jefferson Columbus Davis. Depictions of other places in Alaska include a fishing station fifteen miles south of Sitka and a Native American outpost on Wrangell Island.
Description:
John A. Fuller (1828-1909) was a miner, merchant, and politician, with mining and business interests in California and Alaska. He served as a postmaster and surveyor in Sitka from 1867 to circa 1870. He later became a city councilman and mayor of Napa, California. and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska--Pictorial works. and Sitka (Alaska)--Pictorial works.