Title: Po Ashing (before surgery)
Secondary Title: Man with a tumor on left arm
Description: oil on canvas, 24 x 18 in., ca. 1836
Tumor: Amputation of the shoulder joint. Absorption of the os humeri and enlargement of the arm.
Case Number: 2152
Year: 1836
Modern Suggestion: According to the doctors consulted by the Gordon: Aneurysmal bone cyst.
Credit: Courtesy of The Gordon Museum
Dr. Peter Parker's Case History
None
Additional Commentary
The first of two images of Po Ashing, the only "before and after" set that Lam Qua painted.

The Mysteries of Lam Qua: Medical Portraiture in China 1836 - 1855
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