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.
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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.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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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.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, and Sick persons
Woman. Tumor on forehead, cystic growth on left ear
Alternative Title:
Case No. 48974
Description:
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Probably studio of Lam Qua., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Cysts (Pathology)., and Sick persons
Woman seated in a Western-style chair wearing a hat. Tumor on left breast
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Case No. 35181 and Lí Shí
Description:
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. 20: No. 35181, March 25th, 1850. Steatomatous tumor, nineteen and a half inches in circumference. Lí Shí, aged 43, of the district of Pwanyü, had a steatomatous tumor, which seventeen years since commenced just above the clavicle of the left side. When she presented herself at the Hospital, it had attained the abovementioned dimensions, and hung pendulous down into the axilla and over the breast, descending nearly to a level with the umbilicus. Its surface was traversed by large veins, and in several instances there had been copious hemorrhage from superficial ulcerations in the most pendent portion. On the 10th April half a drachm of chloroform was administered, and in less than two minutes she was perfectly insensible, when the tumor was extirpated in two minutes. It weighed 2 3/4 lbs. (...) Having eaten a hearty breakfast, the patient rejected it soon after the tumor was removed. She readily recovered from the effect of the chloroform, and uttered her “many thanks to Jesus and her (?) Father in Heaven”. Before the operation she expressed a determination to put her trust in Christ should she survive the operation. She was a woman of great natural loveliness of character, and seemed much interested in the Gospel during her abode in the Hospital. In three weeks she was perfectly well. Her kind and devoted husband stood at her head as she lay upon the table during the operation, and as he witnessed her deathlike appearance while insensible, he was the impersonation of grief, but this was momentary; as she revived, it was difficult to say which of them was the happiest., 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, Breast, Tumors, Cancer, and Sick persons
Woman in profile (facing viewers right). Tumor on right side of scalp
Alternative Title:
Case No. 93
Description:
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
Woman in profile seated in Empire-style Western chair (facing viewer's left). Tumor on left cheek
Alternative Title:
Case No. 36039 and Kwo Shi
Description:
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. 21: No. 36039. June 7th, 1850. Glandular tumor, one foot in circumference. Kwo Shí, aged 41, of the district of Pwányü, had a glandular tumor under the left ear, a foot in circumference. The ulceration of the surface was so extensive as not to leave healthy integument sufficient to cover the base. Under the influence of chloroform, this tumor was dissected out, and the edges of the wound approximated as near as practicable, leaving a space of an inch in width in the center, gradually tapering to a point upwards and downwards, to heal by granulation, which was accomplished in about six weeks. A year after her discharge, she presented herself at the hospital in excellent health, when it was satisfactory to find that the cure had been effectual and permanent., 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, Glands, Diseases, and Sick persons
Woman wearing jade earrings. Growth on right side of neck
Alternative Title:
Case No. 28592 and Tanshi
Description:
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Sixteenth Report, Chinese Repository, 1850, p. 268-269: No 28592. Glandular tumor, and ligature of the primitive carotid. Tanshi, aged 48, of the district Sinhwui, had a tumor of the right side of her neck, a growth of sixteen years measuring 1 1/2 foot in circumference. The tumor originated under the primitive carotid, which was carried out of its position, as the tumor increased, the carotid artery was preternaturally large, and carried over the tumor on the trachinal side, and lay imbedded in a groove, to which its sheath was found to adhere. (...) On the 10th of January, assisted by and Dr. Startin of H.C. steamer Phlegethon and the Rev. Mr. Speer, the tumor was extirpated. (...) On resuming the dissection, the tumor on the cervical side was punctured, when a dark sanguineous fluid gushed forth, causing one of the gentlemen assisting to exclaim that “the jugular was opened”, but immediately it was perceived that the tumor collapsed, and that it was a portion of its fluid contents that had escaped. The operation was a severe one, and the loss of blood considerable. The patient, however, rallied very well, and passed a comfortable a night, as could be expected under the circumstances. (...) It was some weeks that she recovered her natural voice. She complained chiefly of a sense of coldness on the right side of the face and head. (...) the patient was discharged in about six weeks. She has several times revisited the hospital; has recovered her voice, and regained in a great measure the natural feeling in the right side of the head and is in good health.”, 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, Glands, Diseases, and Sick persons
Older woman in traditional costume. Lobulated tumor at left side of abdominal wall
Alternative Title:
Case No. 35727 and Fung Shí
Description:
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. 20-21: No. 35727, May 20th, 1850, Fungoid tumor, twenty inches in circumference, Fung Shí, aged 52, of the district Hioshán, had a fungoid tumor of some years growth, situated on the left side of the abdomen. It was bounded by the false ribs above, the spine of the ilium and the umbilicus on the right and left, and near the groin below. It penetrated so deeply that at the base as to excite the apprehension of a medical gentleman who assisted in the operation, that it might communicate with the cavity of the abdomen; but persuaded from the history of the case that it did not, the patient was put under the influence of chloroform, and the tumor extirpated. The mass was so softened by disease, that detached portions remained after the principal part was extirpated, which were carefully removed. The patient was entirely unconscious of the operation, and subsequently was eloquent in her praises to other patients, of this, to her, wonderful agent for the prevention of suffering under otherwise painful operations. In one month the wound healed; and the patient returned home apparently well; but some three months afterwards she returned, when it was too apparent that the disease was not entirely eradicated., Several moveable tumors had formed beneath healthy integument around the base of the original one. It was proposed to repeat the operation, to which she was quite willing to submit; but her son, apprehensive she might not be able the necessary loss of blood in so doing, dissented, and she returned home; she has not been heard from since., 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
Woman with elaborate hairstyle and hairpins. Same costume as portrait #14 - possibly Manchurian - facing viewer's right. Malignant tumor of left breast
Alternative Title:
Case No. 10675 and Siáu Kin
Description:
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Twelfth Report of the Ophthalmic Hospital in Canton, from 1842- 1843, Chinese Repository, vol. 13, 1844, p. 308: Schirrus breast, Siáu Kin, aged 37 of Nánhái, has schirrus enlargement of the left breast about two feet round at its base, and weighed 4 2/3 lbs after removal. Assisted by Dr. Macgowan it was extirpated in less than two minutes, and the patient dressed and in bed in twenty. In three weeks the patient returned home in good health., 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, Breast, Tumors, Cancer, and Sick persons
Woman, seated, wearing jade earrings. Pendulant tumors in both breasts
Alternative Title:
Case No. 27231 and Lú-shú
Description:
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Fifteenth Report, Chinese Repository, Vol. 15, 1850, p. 267-268: “17th April, 1848. Hypertrophy of both breasts of ten years growth, successfully removed under the influence of chloroform. Lú-shú, aged 42, of the district of Nanhai, first presented herself at the hospital, April 17th; and when about to operate upon her, after a few weeks preparatory treatment, her impatient opium-smoking husband, (268) suddenly summoned her home, and the woman returned and renewed the request to have her burden removed, which has increased nearly one third since she first presented herself. On 24th Dec 1849, in the presence of Dr. Bowring, and several other gentlemen, assisted by Dr. Marjoribanks, and my senior pupil the left breast, measuring two feet, two and a half inches in circumference and weighing 4 1/2 catties (6 lbs.), was removed in three and a half minutes. When she came to the operating table she was under high nervous excitement, which was rather increased by the first application of chloroform, and being a Romanist, invoked the name of the Virgin Mary as well as of the Savior. And very soon after the second exhibition she became quite insensible, and the following day stated that she was only conscious, when the sutures were applied after the breast was removed. In one month after the right breast, measuring two feet and weighing 5 1/2 lbs., was removed in three minutes. She came almost instantly under the influence of chloroform, which was administered at her own request, at first she seemed in a state of pleasurable excitement, chanting or singing, till she became silent and motionless. At one time she seemed to choke with spasms, and resembled a person in apoplexy; she revives as one awakes from sleep, with a natural expression upon her countenance. She complained rather more of the wound, than is usual when chloroform is administered. In one month she was discharged perfectly 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, Breast, Tumors, Cancer, and Sick persons
Recumbent woman, with head to viewer's right, lying on a square red pillow. Ulcerating tumor of the right breast
Alternative Title:
Case No. 1762
Description:
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Subject (Name):
Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Breast, Tumors, Cancer, and Sick persons
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
Horizontal arrangement, recumbent woman. Enormous malignant tumor of chest wall
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Breast, Tumors, Cancer, and Sick persons
Woman standing. Large malignant tumorous growth of abdomen and genitalia, enlarged stomach from fluids - advanced case
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Subject (Name):
Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Woman seated, facing viewer's right. Growth of right side of the abdominal wall
Alternative Title:
Case No. 48704
Description:
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Subject (Name):
Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Abdomen, Tumors, and Sick persons
Woman, seated on simple bench. Large ulcerating tumor on left breast. She appears to be missing her right forearm
Description:
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Subject (Name):
Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Breast, Tumors, Cancer, and Sick persons
Woman with huge, green ulcerating lesion on the left breast
Alternative Title:
Case No. 36234 and Kwan Shí
Description:
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. 21: No. 36234, July 1st, 1850. Steatomatous tumor, two feet and more in circumference. Kwan Shí, aged 25, of the district of Pwanyü, had a tumor which originated above the clavicle near the left shoulder. When she presented herself at the Hospital, this large tumor which hung pendulous over the breast and reached to the umbilicus, presented a broad and deeply ulcerated surface, and was exceedingly offensive. In consequence of her having become a loathsome companion, she had been cast off by her unfeeling husband, and compelled to seek refuge under her paternal roof; her mother accompanied her to the Hospital. With no great delay, chloroform was administered. She became almost instantaneously insensible, and in the presence of several gentlemen the tumor was successfully removed. During the operation she seemed as if in a quiet sleep, and remained so some minutes after the arteries were tied and the sutures applied, when on being spoken to, she awoke, and the natural expression to her countenance, she glances her eyes downwards, and with a smile remarked “I do not see the tumor!” the same afternoon she was able to walk the chamber. The recovery was speedy and perfect, and it is being reported that her husband has again welcomed her to his house., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Breast, Tumors, Cancer, and Sick persons
Woman with serene face seated on bed with cushion, facing viewer's right - full length. Tumor of the right breast, eating through other body parts
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Breast, Tumors, Cancer, and Sick persons
Woman standing, primarily naked. Large, lobulated tumor of the right breast
Alternative Title:
Case No. 48974 and Ho She
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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.”, and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Breast, Tumors, Cancer, and Sick persons
Woman with "Preternatural development of the left mamma."
Alternative Title:
Case No. 5583 and Kwan Meiurh
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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, vol. 7. 1838-1839, p. 103-104: No. 5583, June 14th, Diseased breast, Kwan Meiurh from Kaouming, 45 years old, a silk embroiderer, had a preternatural development of the left mamma, which commenced two years ago. Six months before she came to the hospital she called a Chinese physician who applied to it a succession of plasters. Soon after the integument ulcerated and the gland protruded, she was much emaciated and the breast, one third as large as her head, came down as low as the umbilicus, when she stood up and laid upon her arm in the recumbent posture, presenting a large raw surface exuding blood and the natural secretion of the gland as it was irritated by the clothes. At various points were seen the lacteal ducts greatly enlarged. (...) The disease was strictly local. The patient justly remarked “The sooner it was removed the better” (...) on the 20th of June the breast was removed. In the morning before the operation the patient being asked if she feared it replied in the negative that “now if I turn to the right hand or to the left, incline forward or backward, I am in pain but in cutting off my breast is but a single pang.” The composed and confiding manner in which she came to the operation could not escape the notice of the gentlemen who were present. Apparently no child ever lay in the arms of its parent with more confidence of safety than this woman lay upon the operation table under the knife of a foreigner. In two and a half minutes the breast was extirpated; no artery required a ligature. The patient just moved her lips as a small remaining portion of the gland was dissected out; but regained the natural expression of her countenance before she was carried from the table. No fever followed (...). The third day the patient was walking from room to room, happy in her deliverance from so gloomy a prospect, and such suffering as the disease and the maltreatment it had received, occasioned. She is most rapidly recovering., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Breast, Tumors, Cancer, and Sick persons
Woman with a thin, drawn face. Ulcerating tumor of the left breast
Alternative Title:
Case No. 50000 and Kwan Meiurh
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Breast, Tumors, Cancer, and Sick persons
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Fourth Report, Chinese Repository, vol. 5, 1836-1837, p. 329-331: No 2152: Amputation of the Shoulder-Joint. Absorption of the os humeri and enlargement of the arm. Po Ashing, aged 23, entered the hospital on the 3rd of November. Six years since, he fell from a house and broke the humerus of the left arm, half way from the elbow to the shoulder, the lower portion passing upwards and backwards. Union so far took place as to render the arm serviceable, till six months since, in a crowd, at a “sing song” it was again broken. From that time, according to the statement, the arm gradually became larger, till it had attained its present enormous size. Beside of being painful, the weight of it drew him quite one side; at several places it seemed ready to burst; the skin was bright and glistering, and the veins passing over it were numerous and much enlarged. There was no doubt of it containing fluid, and though no pulsation could be felt, apprehensions were entertained that the tumor might be of an aneurismal nature. November 14th, assisted by Messrs. Cox, Cullen, Jardine and Bonsall, I punctured the arm, supposing that it might possibly contain pus, and that the necessity of amputation might be avoided; yet prepared if disappointed in this, to remove the arm. On opening the abscess, a dark greenish fluid escaped, with considerable force but soon became darker and more bloody. Sixteen ounces were first discharged, but the character of the fluid was not decisive. In the hope that the fluid was from some small vein, divided by the incision, and that there was deep-seated pus, the lancet was reentered nearly its whole length, but the same discharge continued with a similar proportion of venous blood: thirty-two ounces in all were discharged, and the aperture closed. All were agreed that the only chance of life was in the removal of the arm; but the exhaustion of the patient and the absence of his father induced us to postpone the operation until the next day, unless subsequent symptoms forbade. At 3 o’clock PM it appeared that the tumor, which had been diminished by opening it, had attained more than its former size, and supposing that the vein, which had been opened was emptying itself into the tumor, and that there could be no safe delay, the operation would have been performed immediately but for the absence of the patient’s friends. The next morning (Nov. 15th) the circumference was still but thirty inches, the integument having reached its maximum of distension, it appeared that the fluid was insinuating itself beneath the integument about the shoulder joint, increasing the difficulty and hazard of the amputation. It proved, however, to be mere tumefaction. The father and friends of the patient had come, and given the agreement liable to fatal terminations; and the patient had recovered very much from his previous exhaustion., At 11 A.M. the gentlemen present the preceding day were ready and everything was prepared for the amputation. The patient was seated supported around the waist by a sheet; the tourniquet was applied, also the subclavian artery secured by an assistant; a single flap was formed as recommended by Liston, the extent of the disease not admitting the use of the catlin as practiced by Cooper. With a large scalpel two incisions were made, commencing on either side of the acromion process and meeting of the origin of the deltoid muscle, which was immediately dissected up: the capsular ligament divided, the head of the humerus turned out of the socket, and another stroke of the knife upwards, dissevered the arm from the body. The time did not exceed a minute, from the application of the scalpel till the arm was laid upon the floor; the patient was then upon a bed, and the pressure upon the artery removed. An excellent flap was formed, and dressings were applied as usual. Afterwards the patient threw up the brandy and water and pother medicines. The best representation of the arm after the amputation, so far as shape is concerned, is that of a large ham of bacon. It weighed about 16 catties, equal to 21 pounds. Opening the arm at the place where it was punctured the preceding day, a dark coffee-colored fluid gushed put. (...) Opening other cavities, there was a similar discharge and a quantity of matter resembling putrid crassamentum, of a light purplish color, or like the disorganized lungs of persons who have died of pulmonary consumption. (...)The bone was entirely absorbed, except an inch of each extremity. (...) At the head of the humerus it appeared, till we discovered the absorption of the whole bone, as if nature had formed a new joint. (...) The muscles were much diseased (...) From the elbow downward, the muscles were perfect. The forearm was oedematous, and considerable adipose substance, was found under the integument. All who were present pronounced the case the most remarkable they had ever seen. The patient is the first Chinese, so far as I know, who has ever voluntarily submitted to the amputation of a limb. At 5 o’clock the patient, having awoke from sleep, asked what he might eat. Congee was given. The expression of his countenance was good; he spoke with a natural voice, complained of cold, though his body was of good temperature, the skin feeling natural, with a gentle perspiration upon the forehead. (...) He occasionally started in his sleep, and when awake spoke of his arm as it were still on. (...) On the 21st, the dressings were changed again, and the remaining sutures slipped, and the wound had the most healthy appearance. Patient walks his room, his general health is good, and his strength is fast restoring. His gratitude and that of his father seem deep and sincere., 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., Case Study from Peter Parker's Journal, Nov. 1836. "At 11 a.m. the patient was seated in a chair supported around the waist by a sheet. The time did not exceed a minute from the application of the scalpel till the arm was laid on the floor. The best representation of the arm after amputation, so far as its shape is concerned, is that of a large ham of bacon. It weighed 16 catties, equal to 21 1/8 pounds. All who were present pronounced the case the most remarkable they had ever seen. The patient is the first Chinese, so far as I know, who ever voluntarily submitted to the amputation of a limb. The patient made a good recovery.", and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Man in profile. Ulcerating tumor of the right cheek and right salivary gland
Alternative Title:
Case No. 1675 and Leang Ashing
Description:
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Fourth Report, Chinese Repository, vol. 5, 1836-1837, p 325-327: No 1675 Sarcomatous tumor. Leang Ashing, aged 27, an artificial flower maker, came to the hospital August 5th, had an enormous tumor on the right side of his face extending from near a line with the zigomatic process superiorly (...) It was 18 1/2 inches in circumference. It had been growing for more than ten years, by the application of cautery (the moxa is commonly used) it had been converted into a loathsome ulcer at its apex. Though deep-seated it appeared practicable to remove it. The patient’s constitution had not then suffered much, and there seemed no objections to delaying the operation till cool weather should return. At the expiration of more than two months the man came back and to my great surprise the healthy countenance had given place to the sallow and cadaverous of one fast verging to the grave. The tumor had become exceedingly fetid, and so decayed internally so as to admit a probe in three or four inches in different directions. After the system had been braced up for a short time by a course of tonic treatment, the patient was apprized of his situation, the certainty of a speedy death if left alone, the possible unfortunate termination of extirpated, and the encouraging prospect that that he might live for years if he submitted to the operation. (...) Himself and a brother gave a writing, certifying that they requested the removal of the tumor, and if successful should rejoice but if otherwise it was tcen che ming, “the will of heaven”, or fate, no blame should be incurred upon the operator. On the 8th of November the tumor was extirpated. (...) During the incisions through the integuments and the dissecting out of the tumor he did not move a muscle, change a feature of his countenance, or draw one long breath, so that apprehensions were even entertained that he was insensible; but if spoken to he answered deliberately and correctly. Subsequently he informed me that he was sensible of all that was done, but putting his arms across each other, he said “I determined not to move.”, In passing the sutures near the ear he started involuntarily a few times. On raising him up to change his bloody clothes, he began to faint and was threatened with spasms, but soon recovered as he was laid down (...) Patient complained of a swelling on the side of the neck, and I found that some blood had settled beneath the plastisma myoides and on pressure that there was emphysema. Applied a spirit lotion over the part. Patient comfortable (...) Its lips had united in several places by the first intention. (...) Now 7th found considerable fetor like that of the tumor, and a thin unhealthy discharge. The coagulated blood thrown off was very black. (...) more vitality in the parts, free discharge of pus of a more healthy character (!), less fetor. (...) On the tenth from the operation, the discharge had ceased and the whole was healed. There is partial paralysis of the buccinators muscle, and of the under eyelid and the lips are drawn a little askew. General health is much improved. He seems properly to appreciate the favor he received, and is very ready to tell to others what has been done for him., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Man with growth on the right side of his chin. Similar to Portrait No. 9.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Cancer, and Sick persons
Man with a braid and shaved head. Giant cyst off the left cheek
Alternative Title:
Case No. 3679
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Cysts (Pathology), and Sick persons
Man with light eyes, bald, large pink mole off left eye. Giant cyst off right cheek
Alternative Title:
Case No. 2986 and Chang Achun
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Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Sixth Report, Chinese Repository, vol. 6, 1837-1838, p. 38: no 2986. Sarcomatous tumor. Chang Achun, aged 43 of Canton city. Had a large sarcomatous tumor on the right side of his face. It commenced five or six years since, he was a stone cutter and was much incommoded in his occupation by his pendant tumor. On the 15th of April it was removed in 4 minutes and 56 seconds, and the patient put to bed in 20 minutes. It was 14 inches in circumference at its base, and still more round its center. It weighs 3 lbs. (1, 4kg). The wound healed almost entirely by the first intention. In nine days the dressings were all removed. The incision being made so as to bring the edges of the wound perpendicularly from the zigomatic process, down posterior to the external angle of the jaw, and thence parallel with it an inch below, quite to the chin, the face was very little disfigured., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Cysts (Pathology), and Sick persons
Man in profile with shaved head and braid. Large growth below right ear
Alternative Title:
Case No. 37596 and Liáng Siun
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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. 22: No 37596, October 7th, 1850, Glandular tumor under the ear, Liáng Siun, aged 30, a farmer of the district of Shunteh, had a glandular tumor on the right side of his face, extending from the auditory foramen to the clavicle perpendicularly, and from the angle of the mouth to the mastoid process horizontally, and measuring twenty-two inches in circumference, and projected six inches and more from its base. It was highly vascular, and from previous inflammation the superincumbent skin and integument adhered extensively to the tumor, rendering the dissection tedious and difficult, which was performed, however, under the influence of chloroform. The whole time occupied in the dissection and taking up of the arteries was about thirty minutes. The chloroform was required to be reapplied several times. The weight of the tumor was about four pounds. The loss of blood was considerable, but the patient sustained it well, and without any untoward symptoms, perfectly recovered, and was discharged in five weeks in good health., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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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.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Face, Cancer, and Sick persons
Man with shaved head, swelling of left upper cheek, infected cyst?
Alternative Title:
Case No. 13
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Cysts (Pathology), and Sick persons
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Seventh report, Chinese Repository vol. 6. 1836-1837, p. 436-437: No. 3488. Cartilaginous tumor. Woo Pun, aged 41, a shoemaker of Pwanyü, have been afflicted with a large unshapen tumor upon the left side of his neck. It hung pendulous from the submaxilliary, extending backward over the external jugular vein and carotid artery, forwards to the opposite side of the trachea and downwards to the breast. For the last ten years its growth was rapid, and from its magnitude it had become very cumbersome. It was as large as the man’s head, and so hard as not to yield to the pressure of the thumb. Centrally it was diseased and having perforated by an escharotics of an Chinese practitioner, it emitted a most offensive discharge. The aperture was half an inch in diameter and as regular as if formed by a drill. The patient kept it closed with a stopple, every morning evacuating some ounces of offensive fluid. His constitution had begun to suffer. On the 19th June, assisted by Messrs Cox, Cullen and Jardine, the tumor was removed in about five minutes. Several veins of considerable size were divided. (...) The tumor was two feet in circumference and weighed 7 lbs. The patient scarce uttered a groan. In twenty minutes he was comfortable in bed. (...) At 1 o’clock A.M. a servant called; and when I arrived at the hospital, the poor man was apparently gasping his last. He was very bloody and evidently made a desperate struggle without success to loosen the bandage. The neck was instantly freed of the roller. His pulse was just perceptible, his extremities were already cold; he foamed at the nose, and breathed stertorously, as in apoplexy. His mouth was immediately freed of phlegm, and his nose of blood; stimulants were applied, and also administered internally, and bottles of warm water put to his feet. (...) Probably the brother [his brother?] fell asleep and awoke only by the almost dying struggle of the patient. Two or three minutes delay in coming to his relief might have been too late! (...) In one month he was perfectly recovered. He has repeatedly visited the hospital. His constitution was wonderfully recovered and from the inroads of the disease and he again enjoys excellent health, and evinced unbound gratitude. He sees to regard the favor received, as conferring on him full liberty to introduce and all his diseased friends. This is very uniformly the case with such as have received any special benefit., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Eighth report, Chinese Repository, Vol. 7, 1838-1839, p. 99: “No 5075, Yin Youwei, aged 30, a farmer of Nanhae, had a tumor three inches diameter, beneath his right ear, in an inflamed state, very painful, and fast tending to suppuration. This was also removed on the 25th April in six minutes. The adhesion was rather firm to the integument above, and to the angle of the jaw. The submaxillary gland was exposed to view. In fifteen days the patient was discharged 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.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Man seated. Large growth on the left side of his back
Alternative Title:
Case No. 3438
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Cancer, and Sick persons
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Eighth Report of the Ophthalmic Hospital, Chinese Repository, vol. 7, 1838-1839, p. 98-99: No. 4903, Tumor of peculiar character. March 5th. Choo Yihleang, aged 31, a shoemaker of Kaauyaou, had a tumor on the right side of the neck, as large as his head, and as it appeared from a front view. It was situated beneath the sterno-cleido-mastoidous muscle, and the superficial fascia. It extended from the ear to the clavicle, and from upon the trachea to the posterior edge of the above muscle, which was drawn very tense above it. When the patient entered the hospital it was firmly fixed, scarcely admitting a perceptible motion in any direction. At a point on the surface near the apex was indicated a slight collection of fluid. The patient was blooming in health and resolutely desirous of its extirpation. He was admitted to the hospital, and in the course of a week or ten days, after repeated examinations it was manifestly more movable, a fact that the patient also observed. (...) On the 25th April the operation was performed, assisted by Messrs Cox, Jardine, and Holgate. (...) The preceding day he requested not to be tied, assuring me he would not move a limb, or speak a word. When the moment arrived instead of shrinking from the crisis, he put one hand on the table, and skipped upon it with great agility, as if joyful in the prospect of being freed of his troublesome companion. (...) in four minutes [the tumor was] completely out. (...) During the operation the patient was perfectly collected and did not utter a groan; spoke with natural voice when spoken to, and repeatedly requested the operator might not be alarmed. The tumor weighed 5 1/3 lbs. It was surrounded by a firm wall an inch thick, resembling in hardness the full grown cacao nut, except at one point, then came another layer of three quarters of an inch of white pulpy substance, and centrally there were several ounces of milky fluid quite inodorous. The large muscle resumed its natural place, the wound healed chiefly by the first intention and in twenty days the patient in good health and with unequivocal sentiments of gratitude, returned to his family., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Man in profile. Mass hanging from the back of the right side of the scalp
Alternative Title:
Case No. 4605 and Low Tangshow
Description:
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Eighth Report of the Ophthalmic Hospital, January 1st to June 30th 1838, p. 97: No. 4605, Tumor of the scalp, December 18th, 1837. Low Tangshow, a laborer of Tungkwan, a young man with lymphatic temperament, had a singular disease upon a hairy scalp, of ten years growth. When he came to the hospital a mass, half the size of his head, hung loose over his right ear and down upon the back of the neck, being situated principally on the crown, back and right sides of the head. On the 25th of April the operation was performed (...). The portion of the scalp taken away was large enough to cover one third of the head. (...) The wound healed kindly and perfectly in about eight weeks and he was discharged on the 19th June., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Scalp, Tumors, and Sick persons
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., 13th Report, Chinese Repository, vol. 14, 1845, p. 450-452: No. 15009, October 16th, 1844. Glandular tumor. Yáng Káng, aged 35, of Singhwui, latterly a beggar in Macao, had tumor on the right side of his face, which commenced in the situation of a parotid gland, measuring two feet and six inches in circumference, weighing when extirpated 6 1/2 catties, equal to 8 2/3 lbs. It commenced ten years since and when his magnitude disabled him from acquiring a maintenance by labor he had no resource but begging. His burden, wearisome to bear for an hour, he could not put off for a moment, day or night, from year to year. He had been a loathsome and pitiable object to the foreign citizens for a long time, and sometimes on passing him on the street he presented, from unknown authors, written appeal of sympathy and a request that the poor man might be relieved of his burden. He was greatly delighted when informed on the feasibility of an operation, and resigned if the result should be fatal, as he deemed death preferable to life of mendacity and suffering. Oct 26th, the tumor was extirpated. (...) The patient discovered great fortitude, coolly remarking on commencement of the first incision “It hurts, doctor”. The tumor was a glandular structure, and being laid open it was found to be discolored in parts, and containing small cavities filled with dark mucilaginous fluid, and others with yellowish or lympid. Portions of the tissue cut harder than the rest, and approached a cartilaginous and semi osseous structure. The magnitude of the operation, the elliptical incisions being eighteen inches each, and the adhesion at the base, over the parotid, being deep and strong, rendered it impossible it should be performed with ordinary solicitude. The mingling hope of success and fears of the worst possible consequences, excited devout and sincere intercessions at the throne of grace on his behalf, and an earnest use of means to prepare him to whatever might the divine atonement. He was told that others fervently entreated the high God to save him, but it was desired that he himself should pray to him who alone could succeed the means to be used when laid upon the operation table (...) again he was urged to lift his heart to the God of heaven and the only Savior. Tumor extirpated with success and the man recovered in three weeks. [The man] A living monument of gratitude, witnessed by thousands who come thither. Though mild and gentle, he possesses much natural energy of character, and commands attention when the dense crowd requires him to raise his voice. The transition from the condition of a beggar from the streets of Macao to that of a door-keeper in the Ophthalmic hospital, no doubt seems to him great, but the infinitely more desirable one of conversion from an idolater to a trophy of redeeming love can alone form the climax of our desires concerning him., White: “Believed to be the tumor on the right side of face. Chi Rep XIV 450. Report July 1845.”, 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 with a tumor of the right side of the head involving the ear. View from back
Alternative Title:
Case No. 15009 and Yáng Káng
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Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., See Portrait No. 47 for view from front., 13th Report, Chinese Repository, vol. 14, 1845, p. 450-452: No. 15009, October 16th, 1844. Glandular tumor. Yáng Káng, aged 35, of Singhwui, latterly a beggar in Macao, had tumor on the right side of his face, which commenced in the situation of a parotid gland, measuring two feet and six inches in circumference, weighing when extirpated 6 1/2 catties, equal to 8 2/3 lbs. It commenced ten years since and when his magnitude disabled him from acquiring a maintenance by labor he had no resource but begging. His burden, wearisome to bear for an hour, he could not put off for a moment, day or night, from year to year. He had been a loathsome and pitiable object to the foreign citizens for a long time, and sometimes on passing him on the street he presented, from unknown authors, written appeal of sympathy and a request that the poor man might be relieved of his burden. He was greatly delighted when informed on the feasibility of an operation, and resigned if the result should be fatal, as he deemed death preferable to life of mendacity and suffering. Oct 26th, the tumor was extirpated. (...) The patient discovered great fortitude, coolly remarking on commencement of the first incision “It hurts, doctor”. The tumor was a glandular structure, and being laid open it was found to be discolored in parts, and containing small cavities filled with dark mucilaginous fluid, and others with yellowish or lympid. Portions of the tissue cut harder than the rest, and approached a cartilaginous and semi osseous structure. The magnitude of the operation, the elliptical incisions being eighteen inches each, and the adhesion at the base, over the parotid, being deep and strong, rendered it impossible it should be performed with ordinary solicitude. The mingling hope of success and fears of the worst possible consequences, excited devout and sincere intercessions at the throne of grace on his behalf, and an earnest use of means to prepare him to whatever might the divine atonement. He was told that others fervently entreated the high God to save him, but it was desired that he himself should pray to him who alone could succeed the means to be used when laid upon the operation table (...) again he was urged to lift his heart to the God of heaven and the only Savior. Tumor extirpated with success and the man recovered in three weeks. [The man] A living monument of gratitude, witnessed by thousands who come thither. Though mild and gentle, he possesses much natural energy of character, and commands attention when the dense crowd requires him to raise his voice. The transition from the condition of a beggar from the streets of Macao to that of a door-keeper in the Ophthalmic hospital, no doubt seems to him great, but the infinitely more desirable one of conversion from an idolater to a trophy of redeeming love can alone form the climax of our desires concerning him., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Face, Cancer, and Sick persons
Man with a huge lobulated tumor of the face and head. Satellite lesions on his left chest
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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.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Man in black cap with red ball finial. Tumor of left cheek and face
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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.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Face, Cancer, and Sick persons
Man wearing brown cap. Tumor on right side of face
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Face, Cancer, and Sick persons
Gaunt man with a pendulous growth of right upper arm
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Arm, Diseases, and Sick persons
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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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.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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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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Man with numerous cystic lesions found on his arms, chest and face
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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.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Horns (Anatomy), and Sick persons
Man gaunt with red under eyes. Mass on his upper lip
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Lips, Cancer, and Sick persons
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Face, Cancer, and Sick persons
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Abdomen, and Sick persons
Man in Chinese chair. Disformed, discolored left hand
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Hand, Diseases, and Sick persons
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Face, Cancer, and Sick persons
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Scrotum, Cancer, and Sick persons
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Twelfth Report, Chinese Repository, vol. 13, 1844, p. 305: March 13th, Steatomatous tumor, Wáng I, aged 48 of Nánhái, with a tumor more than a foot round at the base, situated at the course of the linea alba, between the umbilicus and sternum. It commenced more than twenty two years ago, and for nearly a year had been in an ulcerated state fungoid and fetid state. The tenseness of the skin allowed it but slight motion, and as it was uncertain how deep it extended, the only chance of prolonging his life was to extirpate it. Assisted by Drs. Marjoribanks and O’Sullivan, it was removed. It was found to originate from the lingua alba and the fascia of the rectus muscles -- to which it adhered by a broad base, and which were distinctly seen after the operation. In little more than a month he was discharged cured., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Abdomen, Cancer, and Sick persons
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Fifteenth Report of the Ophthalmic Hospital in Canton for the years 1848 and 1849, in Chinese Repository, vol. 11, 1850 : No. 32222. Large scirrhus of the breast of a young man. Fung Pih-hú, aged 20, of the district of Sinhwui had a scirrhus affection of the right mamma of six years growth. The young man was emaciated, extremities oedeomatous, countenance cadaverous; the breast had been long ulcerated and was beginning to slough, and it was manifest that if space would be found sufficient for the scalpel to pass between his disease and the grave, it must be without delay. Notwithstanding the thermometer ranged at 90° and upwards with a desire of affording him his only chance of recovery, on the 4th of July I proceeded to the operation, not without apprehension lest he might not survive. The gland was extirpated in about one minute, and the arteries secured as speedily as practicable. It measured 23 inches in circumference, and weighed a little short than three pounds. There was no sufficient healthy integument to cover the base when removed, and a space of two inches in breadth at the widest part between the flaps, required to be healed by granulations. The patient rallied remarkably well. The oedema subsided entirely in a few days, the general health improved, and in six weeks the patients was discharged comparatively well., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Breast, Cancer, and Sick persons
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Scrotum, Cancer, and Sick persons
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Chinese Repository, vol. 5, 1836-1837, Fifth Ophthalmic Report: p. 457, No 2231. Nov 21st Congenital tumor. Wang Ke-King, aged 27 is the son of a respectable tea broker, resident in Canton. The history of the tumor is as follows: It was observed at the birth of the child that the nates of the right side were unusually large, ‘a little fat’ as his nurse expressed it. The child did not attract particular attention until eight years old, when the preternatural enlargement had become conspicuous. Till within a few years the growth was gradual, but for the last four years its increase has been rapid, and it is now nearly one third of the weight if the man. It is suspended apparently by fibrous bands, from the first of the last ribs on the back, the spinous processes and ilium, and nates. Its attachment covers a surface of about a square foot. The tumor extends a little below the knees. (...) The weight is variously estimated from 60 to 100 pounds. When the man sits down the tumor forms a circular cushion which elevates him six inches or more in his chair. It is relaxed according to the weather is hot or cold. In the morning the skin is corrugated upon its surface. The color of the skin upon the tumor, and a few inches upon the back and down the thighs is of a dark color, resembling a mole. There are masses somewhat distinct, which appear glandular. It is free from pain, and the young man has enjoyed good health. He is of a nervous temperament, all his motions quick, and very sensitive of the slightest touch. When he came to the hospital there was a large sore, formed by lying upon the right hip, and the callous and dead skin resembled thick leather. (...) The integument is distinct from the tumor [after the incision]. Of the feasibility and desirableness of removing the tumor, I have no further doubt, and am corroborated in the opinion of the gentlemen, among whom are Scotch, French, English surgeons who have examined the case, and in whose discrimination and judgment I have great confidence. Previous, to the incision, the main objection to an operation was the unwillingness of his wife; the removal now seems more formidable to the man himself. Whether it shall be attempted or not, depends upon him and his relations to determine., From Peter Parker’s journal: “Case Study from Peter Parker's Journal, (no date provided). "Man, aged 27. Weight of tumor, nearly one third of the weight of the man. Weight estimated variously from 60 to 100 pounds. When the man sits down, the tumor forms a chair or cushion, which elevates him 6 inches or more from his chair. It is relaxed according as the weather is hot or cold. Of the feasibility and desirability of removing the tumor, I have no further doubt. The main objection to the operation, on the part of the patient and his friends, was the unwillingness of his wife. The patient was not operated on. Later when this patient died, an attempt was made to secure a necropsy, but this was not obtainable.", and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Buttocks, Tumors, and Sick persons
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Fifteenth Report of the Ophthalmic Hospital for the years 1847-1848, Chinese Repository, 1850, p. 270: No. 30563, Feb 19th 1849, Malignant fungoid tumor. Lí AkÍ, aged 54, of the district of Shunteh, had a tumor situated in the lumbar region and adhering to the spinuous processes. It was of thirteen years growth and fourteen inches in circumference. Though ulcerated and of fungoid appearance, it was not suspected of a malignant nature. The original tumor was removed; a second operation was performed, removing every trace of the disease, when in parts contiguous and before apparently healthy, it soon returned with increased malignity.”, and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Boy with a deformed right leg and four fingers on his right hand. Blue rope around his waist
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Leg, Abnormalities, Hand, and Sick persons
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Eighth Report, Chinese Repository, vol. 7, 1838-1837, p. 97: No. 4606, Gourd-shaped tumor, December 18th, 1837. Kwan Nanking, aged 42, of Nanhae, also of lymphatic temperament had a tumor pendulous from his left side immediately over the hip joint, precisely resembling a gourd. Its bulbous portion was about one foot circumference, and its neck four or five inches long, and the circular attachment of its peduncle about two inches diameter. Its lower part was in an ulcerated state. On the 28th of February it was removed and the patient was presently well. Its singular form and attachment entitle it to notice., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Hip joint, Diseases, and Sick persons
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Eighth Report, Chinese Repository, vol. 7, 1838-1839, p. 99-102: No. 5119, April 11th, 1838. Large tumor. Woo Kinshing, aged 49, a fisherman from Shihszetow, near the Bogue, ten years since had a small tumor, just below the clavicle on the left side. It had now attained a great magnitude resembling in figure a tenor viol. Superiorly it extended over the shoulder to the spine of the scapula and from the acromion process to the trachea, and from the axilla to the sternum, and as low as the breast, carrying that gland down before it. The circumference at the base was three feet three inches! (...) It was very vascular, especially the upper portion of it, which was in an inflamed and an ulcerated state, and the principal vein that returned the blood of the tumor -- near the clavicle -- when distended with blood from a pressure upon it, was apparently half an inch diameter. There was a deep longitudinal fissure, and ulcers at several points, from which there was a constant discharge, of blood, lymph and pus. The weight of it had become extremely burdensome, and several times a day the patient experienced severe paroxysms of pain, causing him to groan aloud, at which times he had laid the tumor upon the floor, and reclined himself upon it. In this position he spent the principal part of his time day and night. His countenance and furrowed brow expressed unequivocally the calamity he suffered. His friends were much delighted on being told that it probably could be removed with safety but the old man (49?!), had been too long accustomed to expressions of suffering to yield to those of joy, and in his feeble condition was less sanguine probably in the feasibility to separating him from his old companion. He desired to return to his family for a few days previous to residing in the hospital (...). On the 23rd of April he returned. Having undergone half a month’s preparatory treatment, on the 2nd of May, assisted as usual in cases of magnitude, by Messrs Cox and Jardine, and several other friends, the operation was performed. (...) He soon revived and the tumor was immediately after laid upon the floor (...) The tumor consisted of an almost cartilaginous mass, and at points it was firmly united by a tendinous band, nearly ossified in some places, and was of a very white color. And it was estimated by the best judges that the loss of blood was about two pounds. On the 19th of June the old gentleman was discharged in perfect health, forming a great contrast with his former emaciated appearance., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Cancer, Chest, Tumors, and Sick persons
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Fifteenth Report of the Ophthalmic Hospital, Chinese Repository, vol. 11, 1850, p. 271: No. 31200, 30th April 1849, Steatomatous tumor, Shin Ko-hau, aged 32, of Pwanyü, a seller of poultry, has a steatomatous tumor situated on the inside of the right knee of six years growth. He was very emaciated, had a cadaverous expression of countenance, and the tumor over a foot circumference, was ulcerated at the apex. Along the ulcer extensive sloughing soon commenced, rendering it necessary to extirpate the tumor without delay, or healthy integument sufficient to form the flaps would not remain. Accordingly on the 9th May, it was removed, for the most part union by the first intention followed, and in a fortnight, the poor man, who a few weeks previous could move only with difficulty by the aid of a staff, and who himself regarded his case as hopeless, returned to his family perfectly well and happy., 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, Leg, Tumors, and Sick persons
Man with a huge swelling of the middle finger of the left hand
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Case No. 32186 and Kwang Su
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Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Fifteenth Report, Chinese Repository, vol. 11, 1859, p. 273: No. 32186: Tumor one foot in circumference surrounding the middle finger. Kwang Su, aged 41, a farmer of the district Singhwui, had a tumor surrounding the middle finger on his left hand, it formed a perfect sphere and measured one foot. There existed a varicose state of the veins of the arm. The venous arch on the back of the hand was twice its natural size. Under the influence of chloroform the tumor was removed by disarticulating the finger at the metacarpal joint. On dissection, the tumor was found to be of a glandular, or semi-cartilaginous structure, quite homogenous throughout, and adherent to the bone. The tip of the finger and its nail were just discernible. One artery, and the principal vein, both required a ligature. In about one month the wound healed, leaving him a useful hand., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Hand, Tumors, and Sick persons
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Face, Cancer, and Sick persons
Man with mass on right shoulder, some discoloration of his face
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Case No. 36759
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
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Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Shoulder, and Sick persons
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Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Arm, and Sick persons
Man with red, white and black tumor hanging from back
Alternative Title:
Case No. 37998 and Kwán Kin
Description:
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. 22: No. 37998, November 4th, 1850, Steatomatous tumor, three feet and a quarter in circumference, weighing thirteen and a quarter pounds. Kwán Kin, aged 46, a grocer of the district of Nánhai, had a steatomatous tumor of the above weight and dimensions hanging from his back. The base of the peduncular attachment was a foot in circumference, situated over the ribs of the right side, commencing near the edge of the scapula, and extending a little to the left of the spine and descended below the nates. The lower half was in a state of superficial ulceration, rendering the whole offensive from the constant discharge, as well as oppressive from magnitude. The operation being one of easy execution, was entrusted to Kwán Ato (Lam Qua’s nephew!), by whom it was performed with dexterity and success, in the presence of several gentlemen. In about two weeks the patient was discharged well, free from burden he had not been able to lay off day or night for twenty-two years., 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, Back, and Sick persons
Man in profile with a mass on the left side of his face
Alternative Title:
Case No. 37999 and Chú Hí
Description:
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. 22: No. 37999, November 4th, 1850, Glandular tumor, one and a half foot in circumference upon the side of the face. Chú Hí, aged 36, a small tradesman from the district of Sinhwui, had a glandular tumor under the left ear, extending over the cheek to the angle of the mouth, and as high as level with the eye. On the 9th of April, 1852, it was successfully removed, and by the aid of chloroform without pain to the patient., 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
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 seated with no right hand, mass on lower right abdominal wall, skin above is brown
Alternative Title:
Case No. 38149
Description:
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
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, Eye, Abnormalities, and Sick persons
Girl with large tumor of the buttocks. Not numbered by Dr. White C.J.B., 1914
Alternative Title:
Case No. 3000 and Lew Akin
Description:
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Sixth Report of the Ophthalmic Hospital in Canton ending on the 4th of May 1837 In: Chinese Repository, vol. 6, May 1837 -- April 1838, p. 38: No 3000, Lew Akin, aged 12 years, of Tsunchun, a village of Shuntih district, and the only child of her affectionate parents, had a steatomatous tumor upon her right hip, of a magnitude that required the patient to lean forward when she walked, in order to preserve her balance. Her health appeared good, except that she was much emaciated. In ten days she had made surprising improvement under a generous diet. On the 27th of April the usual indemnity given by the parent, the tumor was removed in two minutes and fourteen seconds. Its circumference (exceeding that of her body) was two feet at the base and much larger at the middle, it was very slightly attached, and consisted of concentric layers of fatty substance separated from each other by a surrounding cerous membrane, till near the center it was found of a much firmer structure, resembling cartilage. (...) In one week the whole was so far healed that the child was able to walk in the room without pain to herself or injury to the wound. She is now in good health, more fleshly than ever before. Since the first twenty four hours after the operation she has experienced but little pain. The feelings of the father were particularly noticed by the spectators at the time of the operation. He was in the room, but the unsightly wound that presented, as the integuments retracted ten or twelve inches apart, the incision being about ten inches long, was too much for the father to witness without tears. He left the room, but the cry of his little daughter, when the needle was passed through the integuments in applying sutures, soon recalled him, as soon to retreat. His vigilance in his attention to his only child, continually, day and night, have strongly exhibited the strength of natural affections, equaled only by his gratitude for the relief afforded his daughter. I am greatly indebted to Lamqua, who has taken an admirable likeness of this little girl, and a good representation of the tumor. The more interesting cases that have been presented at the hospital, he has painted with equal success, and uniformly says that as there is no charge for “cutting”, he can make none for painting., 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, Buttocks, and Sick persons
Woman with large thyroid tumor hanging from her chin
Alternative Title:
Case No. 3790
Description:
Title supplied by curator., Date based on report of patient's surgery., Seventh Report of the Ophthalmic Hospital in Canton being that of the 31st of December, 1837, In: Chinese Repository, vol. 6, May 1837-April 1838, p. 438 June 19th. Sarcomatous tumor. Yang She, aged 20 of Hwanyuen, had a tumor pendulous from the chin and larynx. It commenced ten years since and the last years had been very cumbersome. The attachment beneath the chin was five inches in circumference. Centrally and horizontally it measured two feet three inches, and vertically three feet two inches. It extended below the umbilicus but not so as to rest in the lap; consequently its weight was sustained by the attachment, and the patient had to sit constantly in a bracing posture, to prevent its drawing down her head. The natural features were distorted, the cheeks being drawn tense by the weight of the tumor. The muscles on the back of the neck were preternaturally large, having been in constant action. A native practitioner had applied a ligature which remained sufficiently long to produce a permanent singular scar. Probably, while the ligature interrupted the flood of blood in the veins it did not compress the arteries, nor benumb the nerves: the pain must have been great and the result doubtful, had the destruction of the tumor been affected. Being in her fifth month the case was all the more critical. It was at this time determined to take a voyage to Japan; but whether she was apprized of this or not, or feared I might not return, she and her friends were urgent to have removed the tumor then, though the objection to it was distinctly stated. Perceiving the confidence of the patient and anxiety of her friends, with the appropriation of several medical gentlemen, I complied with her wishes and on the 21st June, the tumor was removed in 12 seconds, and the patient dressed and in bed in 20 minutes. With the exception of a single point the tumor, an inch in diameter, the tumor was as distinct from its surrounding parts, as an egg in its nest. Seldom has there been less apparent suffering from so serious an operation, as there was manifested by the young woman. The wound healed kindly without any unpleasant symptoms. Her first attempts to walk were awkward, having lost so much “ballast”. In one week the healing process had far advanced, when at my departure from Canton for Japan, Messrs. Cox and Anderson resident physicians most obligingly took charge of her and the preceding cases, and such others as were in the hospital, and required attention: they have also continued their assistance on each day for operations, weekly. In seventeen days she was discharged quite well. December 17th, she returned, bringing her robust little son, two months old. Her features were assumed very much their natural form. (...)”, 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)
