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James Hayes's Tumor

In 1805, Dr. Philip Syng Physick, America's most renowned surgeon, removed an enormous tumor from a man named James Hayes. The procedure took place in front of an audience at Pennsylvania Hospital's Surgical Amphitheatre. The tumor, which had been growing for 20 years, was 25-1/2 inches in circumf . . .

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In 1805, Dr. Philip Syng Physick, America's most renowned surgeon, removed an enormous tumor from a man named James Hayes. The procedure took place in front of an audience at Pennsylvania Hospital's Surgical Amphitheatre. The tumor, which had been . . .

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