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Benign osteosarcoma

Abstract: Watercolour medical illustration depicting benign osteosarcoma. It has the alternative reference number 2056, 114 and P10 on the front. There is no Richmond Hospital Museum reference. The handwritten note on the back begins 'D.e.15 Benign osteosarcoma Eliz.th Gough aet 53'.

In collection  Richmond Hospital Medical Illustrations

Resource description

Origin information
Dublin, Ireland
Date created:
Type of Resource
still image
text
Physical description
1 art original : col.
62 x 43 cm
Scope and content
The full handwritten note on the back reads 'D.e.15 Benign osteosarcoma Eliz.th Gough aet 53. Admitted into the R.I.H Sept 30th 1834. Six years previous to which the disease began in the lower end of the femur with pain referred to the popliteal space. Fifteen months after.wds the enlargement of the bone commenced and she was never after able to bear her weight fully upon the limb. When she was admitted the tumour measured 20 inches in circumference. The corresponding parts of the opposite limb being only 12 inches. The patella was pushed outwards and fixed. Amputation. Recovery. Dr E. McDowell. Examination of tumour. Some fine injection having been pushed through the femoral artery and a section then made thr. the centre of the tumour, the lower extremity of the femur was found expanded into an irregular osseous shell of very variable thickness over which the atrophical vasti muscles were expanded. Her tumour passed backwards into the popliteal space & separated the artery from the nerve. A branch of the latter traversed the interior of the tumour for about 2 inches & then rejoined the muscle. The interior of the tumour contained a soft cheesy stertomatous matter divided into masses by spicula & lamina of bone. The patella was united to the femur near the outer condyle. Cast N.49 Catalogue p.50'.
Numbering/sequence
Original reference number: 2056.
Languages
English  
Genre
Watercolors   linked data (gmgpc)   Medical illustrations   linked data (gmgpc)
Subject
Osteosarcoma
Femoral Neoplasms
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.ucdlib_280498
Location
University College Dublin. UCD Archives . P263/498
Suggested credit
"Benign osteosarcoma," held by UCD Archives. © Public domain. Digital content by University College Dublin, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://digital.ucd.ie/view/ucdlib:280498>
Record source
Descriptions created by staff of UCD Library, University College Dublin based on a finding aid and databases provided by UCD Archives. — Metadata creation date: 2022-06-02

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