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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![t the liver, kidney, lymphatic glands, and various other parts of the body were affected with disease “ resembling cancerous tumours coming to “suppuration, or rather an appearance which in some respects resem- “ bled scrofula, in others, cancer.” [Probably from the same individual as No. 627-] 686. A kidney of a gentleman with a tumour in its pelvis, which occasioned bloody urine for six years. 687. The appearances of a disease supposed to differ from scrofula and cancer, shown in the spermatic chord, in the omentum, and in glands from the loins. 688. A longitudinal section of a penis, exposing the urethra through nearly its whole extent, to show the effects of a disease supposed to differ from scrofula and cancer. There are two fistulous openings leading from the urethra. Series XX. Fangated Ulcers. 689. A section of a tumour which formed upon the head of the tibia, and gave an appearance of immense size to the knee-joint. Besides the general volume given to the knee, there was a protuberance of the size of a large egg, having a smooth surface, and a bluish or livid hue, from the con- tents shining through ; which is still seen in the preparation. The limb was removed; and, upon examination, the tumour was found to consist of a hard substance with a great many cavities or cells which were filled with bloody serum, and also with coagulated blood, of long standing. 690. The joint of the above-mentioned knee, with the head of the tibia in which the tumour was formed; showing that a part of the tumour protruded into the cavity of the joint. 691. A knee-joint in which the lower part of the femur is affected in a manner similar to Nos. 689 and 690. The fungous excrescence from the femur is seen protruding into the cavity of the joint. 692. Two sections of the left foot of a female who was a patient in St. George’s Hospital; from the sole of which proceeds a cancerous fungus. 693. A section of the tail of a horse, showing a diseased state of the parts re- 1](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2200662x_0001_0069.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
