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Displays	Remove from selection Add to selection Reproduction Object numberRCSHC/P 355 Scientific nameHomo sapiens CollectionHunterian CategoryWet preparations Object nameVertebrae, neoplasm metastasis, Cases of Scrofula, Mounted wet bone and tissue DescriptionA vertebra from the same patient as P534 showing a small ulceration of the bone on the ventral surface of the body. This ulceration is a consequence of the carcinoma that fills the vertebral body, which is of the kind seen in the preceding five preparations. Hunter believed that this patient died with tuberculosis but a diagnosis of metastases has been made subsequently by others. Production date Estimated 1760 - Estimated 1789 Preparator‎ Hunter, John, 1728-1793, surgeon, anatomist, London Owner/user Hunter, John, 1728-1793, surgeon, anatomist presented Trustees of the Hunterian Collection (1799) Related objectsRCSHC/P 350RCSHC/P 349RCSHC/P 351RCSHC/P 352RCSHC/P 353RCSHC/P 354 Physical Location LocationNot on public display: contact museum for access conditions Physical Information Physical descriptionWet preparation of bone and tissue mounted in a circular glass jar with glass lid. Materialglass (material) Dimensions whole height: 107 mm whole diameter: 72 mm whole weight: 462 g Bibliography SourceProger 1966-1972 Vol. 1, page 244. NotesText taken from Stanley & Paget (1846-9), and Paget (1882-5). TranscriptA vertebra, probably from the same patient, of which a small portion of the anterior part of the body is ulcerated, and the interior is filled with a substance similar to that composing the tumour of the skull. SourceClift 1830 Part 1 NotesCatalogue number 617 TranscriptA vertebra, in which scrofulous ulceration had begun.

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Object numberRCSHC/P 355

Object nameVertebrae, neoplasm metastasis, Cases of Scrofula, Mounted wet bone and tissue

DescriptionA vertebra from the same patient as P534 showing a small ulceration of the bone on the ventral surface of the body. This ulceration is a consequence of the carcinoma that fills the vertebral body, which is of the kind seen in the preceding five preparations. Hunter believed that this patient died with tuberculosis but a diagnosis of metastases has been made subsequently by others.

Production date Estimated 1760 - Estimated 1789

Preparator‎

Hunter, John, 1728-1793, surgeon, anatomist, London

Owner/user

Hunter, John, 1728-1793, surgeon, anatomist

presented

Trustees of the Hunterian Collection (1799)

Related objectsRCSHC/P 350RCSHC/P 349RCSHC/P 351RCSHC/P 352RCSHC/P 353RCSHC/P 354

Physical Location

LocationNot on public display: contact museum for access conditions

Physical Information

Physical descriptionWet preparation of bone and tissue mounted in a circular glass jar with glass lid.

Materialglass (material)

Dimensions

whole height: 107 mm
whole diameter: 72 mm
whole weight: 462 g

Bibliography

SourceProger 1966-1972

Vol. 1, page 244.

NotesText taken from Stanley & Paget (1846-9), and Paget (1882-5).

TranscriptA vertebra, probably from the same patient, of which a small portion of the anterior part of the body is ulcerated, and the interior is filled with a substance similar to that composing the tumour of the skull.

SourceClift 1830 Part 1

NotesCatalogue number 617

TranscriptA vertebra, in which scrofulous ulceration had begun.

Physical Location

Physical Information

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