Reproduction
Object numberRCSHC/P 218
Scientific nameHomo sapiens
CollectionHunterian
CategoryWet preparations
Object nameSalivary Glands, Adenoma, Cases of Sundry Tumours, Mounted wet tissue
DescriptionSection of a massive salivary adenoma which was removed from a man's neck.
This tumour consists of a variety of soft and firm tissues in deeply lobed spheres of pale and semi-transparent cartilage and fibro-cellular tissue. The surface of the tumour is uneven and nodulated.
This specimen is part of massive tumour of the parotid gland. It was removed by John Hunter from a 37-year old man called John Burley on 24 October 1785. The tumour weighed over 4 kilograms and took twenty-five minutes to remove. Hunter later noted that Burley ‘did not cry out during the whole of the operation’. Drawings of John Burley before and after his operation are preserved in the collection (see related records).
Production date 1785
Preparator
Owner/user
Patient/subject
Associated institution
presented
Related objectsRCSHC/P 216RCSHC/P 217RCSSC/HDB/4/2/387/1RCSSC/HDB/4/2/387/2RCSHC/P 216 Part 1RCSHC/P 216 Part 2
Physical Location
LocationOn display in the Hunterian Museum, Room 7: St George's Hospital
Physical Information
Physical descriptionWet preparation of tissue mounted in an oval glass jar with glass lid.
Materialglass (material)
Dimensions
whole height: 238 mm
whole width: 164 mm
whole depth: 98 mm
whole weight: 3396 g
whole width: 164 mm
whole depth: 98 mm
whole weight: 3396 g
Bibliography
SourceProger 1966-1972
Vol. 1, page 139.
NotesText taken from Stanley & Paget (1846-9), and Paget (1882-5).
TranscriptAnother section of the same tumour. Histologically the tumour consists largely of mucoid tissue with cartilage-like areas, and resembles the common salivary gland tumour.
SourceClift 1830 Part 1
NotesCatalogue number 426
TranscriptA tumour which was removed by Mr Hunter from the side of the neck of John Burley, at St George's Hospital, Oct 24, 1785. It weighed 144 ounces. [The patient speedily recovered.]
SourceClift 1830-1831
TranscriptJohn Burley. Written on the Top by Wm. Bell. (See this case, restored by Sir E. Home among Hunterian Mss.)
Page 69.
NotesThe portraits of John Burley before and after his operation are listed in William Clift's catalogue of the drawings of morbid anatomy as Drawing Nos. 98-99, page 69. Attributed by Clift to William Bell, so before 1789.
