Pencil drawings of front and side view of head and face of child with sarcoma of the jaw

Pencil drawings of front and side view of head and face of child with sarcoma of the jaw

Boy with jaw sarcoma

Wallis, Oscar; Drawing (image-making); Jaw; Sarcoma; Perry, M. L..;

Pencil drawing of a boy's head, face, and upper torso in two views. The left hand drawing depicts the subject facing forward and the right hand drawing profiles the face on the tumor side. Drawings are side by side on ivory paper. "O. W. del. / Boston May 19th 1852." is handwritten in pencil on drawing recto; "Jaw Sarcoma / 1101. 11-4 / Dr. Perry's case malignant disease" is handwritten in pencil on verso.

Two side by side pencil drawings of subject with jaw sarcoma

Wallis, Oscar

Perry, M. L.

5/19/1852

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Warren Anatomical Museum Manuscript Catalogue, Warren Anatomical Museum Records, 1835-2010 (inclusive), 1971-1991 (bulk). Harvard Medical Library, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Boston, Mass., Box 16. ; American Journal of American Sciences; Proceedings of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement, Volume 1, Page 244

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36 H x 54 W cm

Drawing (image-making)

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Warren Anatomical Museum 06101

The drawing was originally donated to the cabinet of the Boston Society of Medical Improvement by Dr. M. L.. Perry circa 1852. It details the jaw sarcoma of a boy in the care of M. L. Perry and drawn by artist Oscar Wallis. The cabinet of the Boston Society was transferred into the Warren Anatomical Museum circa 1870.