Portrait No. 73

Creator:

Lam Qua, 1801-1860

Published/Created:

1834-1855

Physical Description:

61 cm. x 47 cm.

Materials:

Framed, oil on board

Notes:

Man with a huge swelling of the middle finger of the left hand.
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.
Donated by Peter Parker to the Yale School of Medicine and transferred to the Historical Library.

Variant Titles:

Kwang Su

Topics:

Medicine, Chinese
Missions and Missionaries
Missions, Medical
Neoplasms
Tumors

Topics:

China

Topics:

Case No. 32186
Kwang Su
Parker, Peter, 1804-1888

Genre:

paintings (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Paintings & Drawings

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement

Access Restrictions:

Public

Source Title:

Peter Parker Collection

Yale Collection:

Cushing/Whitney Medical Library

Digital Collection:

Lam Qua's Portraits of Peter Parker's Patients

OID:

15948715

PID:

digcoll:2795124