Free movement after Halstead's [Halsted's] amputation of the breast

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Title

Free movement after Halstead's [Halsted's] amputation of the breast

Description

Black and white photograph of a woman two years after amputation of the left breast and removal of the axillary glands for cancer. There is no local recurrence, and the movements of the left arm are free. There was, however, metastatic growth in the pelvis and elsewhere.

Creator

St Bartholomew's Hospital Photographic Society

Source

Wellcome Collection
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/msjx2zyz

Citation

St Bartholomew's Hospital Photographic Society, “Free movement after Halstead's [Halsted's] amputation of the breast,” European Mastectomy, accessed May 24, 2026, https://european-mastectomy.artinterp.org/items/show/110.