Young boy with bone tumors in the hands and wrists

Young boy from Westmoreland with bone tumors in the hands and wrists, 1795. Bell and Alex Munro recommended amputation or a treatment of mercury, laudanum and Confectio-Japonica (compound electuary of catechu). Copperplate engraving by Edward Mitchell after an illustration by John Bell from his own Principles of Surgery, as they Relate to Wounds, Ulcers and Fistulas, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1815

1795 1815 Amputation Cancer Deformity Fistulas Hurst John Bell Laudanum Longman Mercury Principles Of Surgery Surgeon Surgery Surgical Illustration Ulcers Westmoreland Wound Wounds Wrists Young Boy

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