Volume 1
Catalogue of the Hunterian collection in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in London.
- Royal College of Surgeons of England. Museum
- Date:
- 1830-1831
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Catalogue of the Hunterian collection in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in London. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![454. A tumour found loose in the cavity of the abdomen of a gentleman. The tumour is of an uniform texture, inclosed in a thin smooth capsule. 455. A tumour found loose in the abdomen. 456. Cartilage extracted from a ganglion. 457. A loose body extracted from the knee joint of a patient in St. George’s Hospital. 458. Loose cartilages from an artificial joint in the arm. 6. Tumours becoming Bony. 459. A small tumour with bone in its centre. 460. A larger tumour with bone in various parts of it. 7. Tumours of Bone. 461. A section of a bony tumour of considerable magnitude, formed on the lower part of the femur of a man who was a patient in St. George’s Hospital in November 1786. [It had been about five months in its progress, and nearly encircled the bone. The limb was removed in consequence of its obstructing the motion of the joint. The tumour appeared to originate from the bone itself, and, as the tumour increased, ossific matter was deposited in it; the tumour forming a nidus for the deposit of bone. The medullary canal was also entirely filled with the same kind of deposit. A month after the operation the patient was attacked with difficulty of breathing, which gradually increased; and he died seven weeks after the removal of the limb, in consequence of bony deposit in the thorax.] 462. Part of the preceding bony tumour, which has been steeped in an acid, to show the animal part. 463. A longitudinal section of the lower end of an os humeri, on the anterior surface of which is a circumscribed tumour of considerable size, very dense in its structure, and closely attached to it: the bone, however, appears to be perfectly sound and unconnected with the disease. 464. A section of the knee joint of a dog. [A large tumour partly composed of bone occupies the poplitseal space.]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2200662x_0001_0051.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
