George Edington with his giant tumor on his leg, aged 40, 1806. Broke his leg in a riding accident in 1798, and the resulting ulcerous bone tumor continued to grow. Also named Edward Edington in the text. 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.
George Edington with his giant tumor on his leg, aged 40, 1806. Broke his leg in a riding accident in 1798, and the resulting ulcerous bone tumor continued to grow. Also named Edward Edington in the text. 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.