The first and second reports of the Medical Missionary Society in China : with minutes of proceedings, hospital reports, &c.

  • Medical Missionary Society in China
Date:
1841
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Credit: The first and second reports of the Medical Missionary Society in China : with minutes of proceedings, hospital reports, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    II; s(|iiaifi fool. Tlio minor o.vU'nds a litilr- liolow tho Icnofs, and In woiglil is osliinatod at iVom liO to 100 iiomids; when tlio man sits down, it forms a circular cnsliion, which elevates liim six indies or more from the chair. The tumor fs free from pain and the man enjoys good health. The desirableness of removing the tumor is evident, but the patient has not decided to submit to an operation. In a subsequent rejiort it is mentioned that shortly after liis calling at the liospital, he was. seized with severe fever wliich terminated fatally in three days.- A young lady from Nanking, Le Awoo, aged 19, clde.st daughter of a silk merchant, had suffered from infancy from a disease of the left eye. At this time a white spot, with a fleshy excrescence, cover- ed the apex of the cornea, and the blood-vessels were-enlarged and passed over the cornea. By repeated applications of lunar caustic, the fleshy excrescence was destroyed ; dhe blood vessels were divided at the union of the cornea andisclerotica. The general health was attended to, and after applyi'ng- leeches to the temples, a blister was ordered. New granulations soon filled up; the depre.sskm in the cor- nea made by. the caiistic. The^ blood vessels of the cornea became indistinct; the sight vvas improved'and. at a little' distance a stranger could hardly perceive that it differed from the other eye; The father expressed much -gratitude for theuattention paid to his daughter and joy at the successful result of the treatment pursued. ■ < . Sixth Repo-rt. Thd sixth,quarterly report to May 4th, 1837, adds 650 patients to the list.- i^<lThe iinterest in the institution continues to increasej and i the eagerness to enjoy its- benefits was never greater than at present. The crowd of patients on the day of receiving.them, now limited to.once in two .weeks, ha!s been very great. Sometimes not less than 200 or 300; and on one occasion about 600 including their friends, have been present in a single day.” Among , the cases reported may be mentioned the following • !. “Encysted tumor. Wangke, aged 12 years, of Shuntih. This little girl is-a slave, and was sold by her mother for 88 or:>8l0. She was accompaniedlito the hospital by her' purchaser, a, very res- pectable , dnd well bred; Chinese woman, who said the child: was not her 1 offspring) :yet .she'ifelt for hbr-the affeclion of a mother,, and though tbeblemishihad beenia sufljcienbexcase for returning her to.her mother,.'she preferred not to do so; and having heardof dhe hospital in Canton, was/at]the expense of time and money to bring herewith the! hope of relief She bad an encysted tumorj aboni I61inches in .rirrumferonce at the base, situated upon the sacrum, and to the right