Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Name):
Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, Sick persons, and Footbinding
Female covering face with left hand, right hand disfigured
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Case No. 5974 and Leang Yen
Description:
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., Ninth Report from October 1st to December 31st 1838, Chinese Repository, vol. 7, 1838-1839, p. 59 : Leang Yen, a female aged 34, from the neighborhood of Fa Te, the “flower gardens”. In October 1838, the disease commenced, at the head of the radius, and it had gradually increased until it now measured one foot seven inches around the wrist, and about the same at its base, it had never been remarkably painful, neither had the discharge of blood been great. The patient’s countenance was very sallow, and face and extremities generally edematous, particularly on the right side. (...) The patient has a morbid appetite, eating as much as in health. Pulse feeble and frequent; occasionally a few grains of blue pill and colocynth were administered, and opiates at night, with a view of improving her general health. Several medical gentlemen saw the patient, and among them Dr. Guilbert of the French frigate L’Artemise. All were agreed that it was advisable to amputate the arm without delay. Though the patient did not understand what was spoken, she learned or surmised, from a gesture inadvertently made, that amputation was proposed, and with great determination subsequently remarked to another, that she would sooner die than submit to the operation. In a few days the state of the case was explained to her, that in the opinion of several medical men she could not live long unless the arm was removed, that the operation would not be extremely painful, and that it was her only chance for protracting life. She urged her helplessness without her right hand, but admitted it was better than one limb should be sacrificed, than the whole body. However, in a few days she resolved to go home. After about twenty days she returned, manifestly improved in her health form the medicine she had taken, though the fungus has increased. The operation was again proposed to her and her husband. Each consented, but as it was an extraordinary affair he wished first to consult her relations. He did so, and wrote back that they confided entirely in my judgment, but ill health prevented his return. The patient still consented; the 5th of Dec. was fixed upon for the operation, and on the previous evening everything was is readiness; but the next morning when visited, she, with a toss of her head, emphatically explained, “No cutting! No cutting!” and holding up two fingers she added, “give 200 dollars and you may.” (White: “Someone has suggested this to her.”), This patient is an exception to all that have ever yet visited the hospital. She quite misunderstood the kindness that had been shown her. Food, and a female servant to attend constantly upon her, had been provided; and -- when, hearing that her husband’s health would not permit him to return to see the operation, she expressed a fear that if he was absent, and she should not perfectly recover, he might decline supporting her -- she was assured that if he deserted her, she should be provided for. It seemed at this time that she thought me anxious to mutilate her, and that I would give her a price to do it. The tumor was surrounded by a plate of bone the thickness of the pericranium, which being sawed through exposed a mass of matter of the consistency of brain. There were a few apertures at which this medullary substance had protruded and expanded itself like a mushroom.”, Identified by Stephen Rachman., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Name):
Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, and Sick persons
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Name):
Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, and Sick persons
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Name):
Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, and Sick persons
Woman. Tumor on forehead, cystic growth on left ear
Alternative Title:
Case No. 48974
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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.
Subject (Name):
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
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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. 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
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Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Name):
Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Tumors, and Sick persons
Woman in profile seated in Empire-style Western chair (facing viewer's left). Tumor on left cheek
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Case No. 36039 and Kwo Shi
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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. 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
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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
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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
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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
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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:
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, Breast, Tumors, Cancer, and Sick persons
Woman, elegantly dressed and coiffed, holding her daughter. Gangrene of feet
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Case No. 23944 and Lúh Akwang
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Subject (Name):
Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Subject (Topic):
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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Subject (Name):
Parker, Peter, 1804-1888. and Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China)
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Chinese, Missions, Medical, Breast, Tumors, Cancer, and Sick persons
