Stages in breast cancer suffered by Mrs Broadbent of Leeds
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Title
Stages in breast cancer suffered by Mrs Broadbent of Leeds
Subject
Part of:
Gentlefolk of Leeds afflicted with disease.
Gentlefolk of Leeds afflicted with disease.
Description
Shows stages 2-9 in the breast cancer suffered by Mrs Broadbent of Leeds from late 1840 to early 1841. The watercolours are silhouetted to the shape of the cancerous area, and stitched together at one side so that the entire sequence can be flicked through. For stage 1 see the separate half-length portrait of her, Wellcome Library catalogue no. 665377i.
2. 1st application of the caustic--3. see no. 1 caustic off-- 4 outside become darker; fresh caustic applied within the circle, the inside larger as before--5 caustic taken off [pencil:] caustic again taken off, inside large again --6 The point is healing fast--7 v healing all around; the point (??) quite healed--8. Dec 22d 1840 8 v No 8 Dec 22d 1840 Sore is healing.--9Jan 23 41 v No 9 Jan 23d 1841 The sore continues to contract
2. 1st application of the caustic--3. see no. 1 caustic off-- 4 outside become darker; fresh caustic applied within the circle, the inside larger as before--5 caustic taken off [pencil:] caustic again taken off, inside large again --6 The point is healing fast--7 v healing all around; the point (??) quite healed--8. Dec 22d 1840 8 v No 8 Dec 22d 1840 Sore is healing.--9Jan 23 41 v No 9 Jan 23d 1841 The sore continues to contract
Source
Wellcome Collection
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/z7pdzb8a
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/z7pdzb8a
Citation
“Stages in breast cancer suffered by Mrs Broadbent of Leeds,” European Mastectomy, accessed May 24, 2026, https://european-mastectomy.artinterp.org/items/show/102.