Title: Patient Unknown, perhaps frontal view of Yang Kang
Secondary Title: Man with tumor on right side of face
Description: Study painting of patient's head with facial tumor. Associated with full portraits from front (Yale Med #31) and from rear (Yale Med #36).
Tumor: glandular tumor
Case Number: 15,000
Year: 1844
Modern Suggestion: no modern suggestion
Credit: Courtesy of Yale University Medical School Historical Library.
Dr. Peter Parker's Case History
see portrait of Yang Kang from rear
Additional Commentary
This image appears to be one of a few culled from the Yale collection that seem to resemble each other.

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