Memento Morbi : Lam Qua's Paintings, Peter Parker's Patients

Rachman, Stephen

doi:10.1353/lm.2004.0009

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“…Lam Qua, who was well known among the wealthy Chinese and Western merchants, was also the uncle of Parker's first Chinese medical student, Kwan A‐Toh. While some sources claim that Lam Qua painted these works out of gratitude for teaching his nephew, there are archival records of Parker's payments to the artist 4,5 . Many of these works were sent to America as part of Parker's fundraising campaign, demonstrating to Western patrons the need for his mission and hospital in Guangzhou.…”

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“…While some sources claim that Lam Qua painted these works out of gratitude for teaching his nephew, there are archival records of Parker's payments to the artist. 4,5 Many of these works were sent to America as part of Parker's fundraising campaign, demonstrating to Western patrons the need for his mission and hospital in Guangzhou. Others were displayed in Parker's hospital, with postoperative patient paintings, serving as visual proof to potential patients of the benefits of Western medicine and as tools of conversion.…”

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Lam Qua and Peter Parker: Portraiture of Head and Neck Surgery in 19th‐Century China

Tam

Kwan

2022

Otolaryngol.--head neck surg.

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In 1835, Peter Parker, an American surgeon and Presbyterian minister, established a hospital in Guangzhou and became the first Western head and neck surgeon in China. While Parker documented his most interesting cases in his journals, he also commissioned oil paintings of these patients from Lam Qua ([Formula: see text]), a prominent Chinese artist trained in British academic painting. Lam Qua produced 86 portraits of Dr Parker’s patients, providing insight into not only the treatment of head and neck tumors but also the introduction of Western artistic techniques to 19th-century China. Parker’s pioneering surgical accomplishments and Lam Qua’s portraits document the role of art and medicine in America’s cultural influence in Asia.

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Lam Qua and Peter Parker: Portraiture of Head and Neck Surgery in 19th‐Century China

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Kwan

2022

Otolaryngol.--head neck surg.

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“…As he saw it, the key to reaching the “millions of this partially civilized yet ‘mysterious’ and idolatrous empire” was that his work must be performd entirely free of charge. 7–9 Parker focused on treating patients with ocular diseases (Figure 4), and as a result, the hospital was named the Ophthalmic Hospital. Parker stated, 6 (p.150)…”

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