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Image number: RS.10319
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‘Diseases of the uterus giving rise to excessive nervous irritation’
Date
1831
Creator
C J Canton, Engraver
After
Frederick Richard Say (1804 - 1868, British) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
Books/Bright, R_Diseases of the brain and nervous system part 2_1831
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 237mm
width (print): 330mm
width (print): 330mm
Subject
Biology
> Anatomy
Medical Sciences
> Surgery
Medical Sciences
> Pathology
Biology
> Reproductive biology
> Anatomy
Medical Sciences
> Surgery
Medical Sciences
> Pathology
Biology
> Reproductive biology
Content object
Description
Three illustrations showing diseases of the uterus.
Fig.1 – main image. Disease of the neck of the uterus.
Fig.2 – outline sketch. Illustrating the tumour found within the uterus shown in Fig.1. The patient this came from was 71 years old and ‘the subject of nymphomania’.
Fig.3 – bottom right image. Part of the uterus and its appendages. The patient died of chorea On the right hand side can be seen a large vascular cyst attached to the Fallopian tube.
Fig.4 – a magnified image of the cyst shown in Fig.3.
Plate 38 from Bright’s Medical Reports: Diseases of the brain and Nervous System part 2 by Richard Bright (London, Longman, Rees... 1831). Inscribed: ‘Plate 38. Drawn by F. R. Say. Published by Longman & Co. Paternoster Row, London. 1829. Engd& Cold by C. J. Canton’
Fig.1 – main image. Disease of the neck of the uterus.
Fig.2 – outline sketch. Illustrating the tumour found within the uterus shown in Fig.1. The patient this came from was 71 years old and ‘the subject of nymphomania’.
Fig.3 – bottom right image. Part of the uterus and its appendages. The patient died of chorea On the right hand side can be seen a large vascular cyst attached to the Fallopian tube.
Fig.4 – a magnified image of the cyst shown in Fig.3.
Plate 38 from Bright’s Medical Reports: Diseases of the brain and Nervous System part 2 by Richard Bright (London, Longman, Rees... 1831). Inscribed: ‘Plate 38. Drawn by F. R. Say. Published by Longman & Co. Paternoster Row, London. 1829. Engd& Cold by C. J. Canton’
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