Enchondroma of femur; amputation at hip-joint; death.




Thorndike, William Henry, 1824-1885.


Journal : Medical and surgical reports of the City Hospital, Boston ; series 3.

Boston : Rockwell & Churchill, 1882.

Description : 254-256, [1 l. pl.] ; ill.: 1 photo. ; 23 cm.

Photographs : 1 heliotype leaf of the surgical specimen.

Subject : Femur — Enchondromas.

Notes :






The photograph represents the undissected amputated limb of the subject, a 42 year-old merchant. The tumor was first noticed four years prior and progressed rapidly from its seat above the internal condyle of the left femur.





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