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7481.i.17

Record Id:

032-003234372

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003234372

MDARK:

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

7481.i.17

Title:

History of a successful case of amputation at the hip-joint, (the limb 48 inches in circumference, 99 pounds weight)...With four photographs, by Sarony and Pierre-Petit. Photographer(s): Petit, Pierre

Scope & Content:

Imprint: London: John Churchill and Sons, New Burlington Street. MDCCCLXV.

Quarto volume, measuring 290 x 230 mm,original brown cloth binding, with title and author stamped in gilt on upper board; pp. xiii, [2], 33, with four uncaptioned albumen prints, mounted one to a page on light card, showing the patient Joseph Bramwell before and after the amputation of his right leg and two photographs of the tumour after the operation. The operation was carried out by Gamgee in Birmingham on 11 September 1862; the photographs of the tumour were taken some time later in Paris, where the amputated limb was examined and dissected.

Collection Area:

Printed Collections

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003234372

Is part of:

not applicable

Contains:

7481.i.17(4) : [Joseph Bramwell, photographed before the operation to amputate his right leg at the hip.] Photographer: Sarony
7481.i.17(20) : [Joseph Bramwell, photographed after the operation to amputate his right leg at the hip-joint.] Photographer: Sarony
7481.i.17(30) : [Photograph of the tumour removed from the amputated leg of Joseph Bramwell.] Photographer: Petit, Pierre
7481.i.17(31) : [Photograph of a section of the tumour removed from the amputated leg of Joseph Bramwell.] Photographer: Petit, Pierre

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

4 items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

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Start Date:

1862

End Date:

1865

Date Range:

c 1862-1865

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 150 mm x 105 mm to 180 mm x 125 mm.

Source of Acquisition:

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Gamgee, Joseph Sampson, surgeon, 1828-1886