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A woman, reclining, with a large tumour on her right breast. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 1837.

A woman (Leang Yen?) with a large tumour on her right hand, reclining and concealing her face. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 1838.

A man (Leang Ashing), in profile, with a tumour on the right side of his face. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, 1837.

Five figures of exostoses (tumours) on the left femur (thigh-bone) Engraving, 1749.

Profile of a man with extensive growths on his nose. Line engraving.

A man (Kwan Nanking) with a large pendent tumour hanging from his hip. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 1837.

A man (Wan Wakae) with massive pendent tumours on the left side of his face. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 1838.

A girl (Akae) with a tumour over her right eye. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 183-.

A man (Choo Yihleang), facing front, with a massive spherical tumour on the right side of his neck. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, 1838.

A man with a cutaneous horn-like growth on the scalp. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 1837.

The geographical distribution of heart disease and dropsy, cancer in females & phthisis in females, in England and Wales.

Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

Anatomie pathologique : fragments d'anatomie pathologique sur les polypes, les cancers, les tubercules, les corpuscules de Malpighi, de la rate, etc. / par M. Gluge.

Elements of surgery / by Robert Liston.

Das Neuroëpithelioma retinae : eine anatomische und klinische Studie / von Hugo Wintersteiner.

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The geographical distribution of heart disease and dropsy, cancer in females & phthisis in females, in England and Wales.

Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

Anatomie pathologique : fragments d'anatomie pathologique sur les polypes, les cancers, les tubercules, les corpuscules de Malpighi, de la rate, etc. / par M. Gluge.

Elements of surgery / by Robert Liston.

Das Neuroëpithelioma retinae : eine anatomische und klinische Studie / von Hugo Wintersteiner.