Credit: © The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.9353
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    Surgically removed tumour

    Date
    19th century
    Creator
    Caleb Burrell Rose (1790 - 1842, British) , Geologist
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    Material
    Dimensions
    height (drawing): 115mm
    width (drawing): 187mm
    Subject
    Content object
    Description
    Two figures of a growth removed by surgery and dissected. Inscribed below: "A mole from Mrs G. of Swaffham drawn by C.B.Rose. In figure 2 the umbilical vesicule is shown. Figure 1 exhibits the unopened mass - compressed placenta."

    The naturalist and geologist Caleb Burrell Rose practised as a surgeon in Swaffham, Norfolk, 1816-c.1859.
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