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Insensibility during Surgical Operations Produced by Inhalation
On October 16, 1846, at Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. John Collins Warren performed the first public operation on a patient under ether anesthesia administered by dentist William T. G. Morton. Dr. Henry Jacob Bigelow witnessed the event and…
Insensibility during Surgical Operations Produced by Inhalation
Article from the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal describing first surgical operations using ether anesthesia.
Large teaching watercolor of breast neoplasms in the skin and muscles of the breast
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, vol. 2, liv. 26, plate 3
List of Patients Who Have Inhaled Ether or Chloroform for Surgical Operations in the Massachusetts General Hospital
List of patients who have inhaled ether or chloroform for surgical operations in the Massachusetts General Hospital up to April 1, 1848, furnished by H. J. Bigelow, M.D.
Studies for the First Operation under Ether
10 pencil sketches of heads and torsos of physicians made at the time of painting The First Operation under Ether. Two individuals are unidentified.
Teaching watercolor comparing the break of a human humerus at the sixth week of recovery to three broken dog tibias on the tenth and eighteenth days of recovery
After Edward Stanley's Illustrations of the effects of disease and injury of the bones, plates 23 and 24
Teaching watercolor of a bone tumor and a microscopic view of the tissue
Possibly from local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of a cartilaginous tumor of the humerus
After Edward Stanley's Illustrations of the effects of disease and injury of the bones, plate 19
Teaching watercolor of a congenital hernia and an infantile hernia in male subjects
After Thomas George Morton's The surgical anatomy of the principal regions of the human body, Inguinal Herniae, pages 281 and 284
Teaching watercolor of a damaged skull
Possibly of a local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of a deformity of the arm caused by a severe burn, and the results of corrective surgery on the same arm
After Jacques D. Lebaudy's The anatomy of the regions interested in the surgical operations performed upon the human body, plate 18
Teaching watercolor of a diseased skull
Possibly from a local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of a dislocation of the scapular extremity of the clavicle and a partial dislocation of the shoulder
After Astley Cooper's A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints (A New Edition, Much Enlarged, 1842), pages 357 and 406
Teaching watercolor of a dislocation of the sternal end of the clavicle and a dislocation of the humerus at the shoulder
After Astley Cooper's A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints (A New Edition, Much Enlarged, 1842), page 351, and Fractures of the bones of the extremities by the same author, plate 29
Teaching watercolor of a dissected inguinal hernia sacs in a female
After J. B. D. Demeaux's Recherches sur l'evolution du sac herniaire suivies de considerations chirurgicales sur les complications auxelles il pent donner lieu, plate 3
Teaching watercolor of a dissection of the inguinal region
After Thomas George Morton's The surgical anatomy of the principal regions of the human body, Inguinal Herniae, plate II
Teaching watercolor of a dissection of the neck showing muscles and blood vessels
Possibly after plate 17 of an unknown work
Teaching watercolor of a femoral hernia in a female patient
After Thomas George Morton's The surgical anatomy of the principal regions of the human body, The Groin, plate 6
Teaching watercolor of a forward dislocation of the ankle and of the anatomy of the jaw
After Astley Cooper's A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints (A New Edition, Much Enlarged, 1842) pgs. 341 and 257
Teaching watercolor of a fracture of the acromion process of the scapula
After George W. Hind's Fractures of the bones of the extremities, plate 3
Teaching watercolor of a fracture of the clavicle
After George W. Hind's Fractures of the bones of the extremities, plate 1
Teaching watercolor of a fracture of the coracoid process of the scapula
After George W. Hind's Fractures of the bones of the extremities, plate 2
Teaching watercolor of a fracture of the coronoid process of the ulna and of a fracture of the olecranon process of the ulna
After George W. Hind's Fractures of the bones of the extremities, plate 9
Teaching watercolor of a fracture of the femur below the trochanter minor
After George W. Hind's Fractures of the bones of the extremities, plate 15
Teaching watercolor of a fracture of the femur between the shaft and the head near the hip
After George W. Hind's Fractures of the bones of the extremities, plate 14
Teaching watercolor of a fracture of the femur immediately above the condyles
After George W. Hind's Fractures of the bones of the extremities, plate 17
Teaching watercolor of a fracture of the great trochanter of the femur
After George W. Hind's Fractures of the bones of the extremities, plate 13
Teaching watercolor of a fracture of the humerus immediately above the condyles
After George W. Hind's Fractures of the bones of the extremities, plate 8
Teaching watercolor of a fracture of the neck of the humerus immediately below the tubercles and above the insertions of the pectoralis major, latissimus dorsi, and teres major muscles
After George W. Hind's Fractures of the bones of the extremities, plate 5
Teaching watercolor of a fracture of the neck of the scapula
After George W. Hind's Fractures of the bones of the extremities, plate 4
Teaching watercolor of a fracture of the shaft of the humerus
After George W. Hind's Fractures of the bones of the extremities, plate 6
Teaching watercolor of a hernia of the uterus
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, volume 2, part 34, plate 6
Teaching watercolor of a large growth on a child's head and a microscopic view of the tissue
Possibly of a local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of a large tumor on the humerus
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, vol. 2, liv. 34, pl. 4
Teaching watercolor of a mass on the femur near the knee and a microscopic view of the tissue
Possibly from a local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of a mass removed from the jaw of a male child and a microscopic view of the tissue
Possibly of a local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of a mass removed from the jaw of a woman with a microscopic view of the tissue
Possibly of a local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of a piece of tissue and a microscopic view
Possibly from local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of a radius and tibia after fracture, and of a fracture of the cranium with a portion of the bone removed by a trephine
After Astley Cooper's A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints, plate 32
Teaching watercolor of a removed mass of tissue
Possibly of a local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of a removed mass with a microscopic view of the tissue
Possibly from a local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of a removed tumor and a microscopic view of the tissue
Possibly from a local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of a right hand with a skin disease that causes scaly skin and horn-like growths
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, vol. 1, liv. 7, pl. 6
Teaching watercolor of a surgical dissection of the wrist and palm
After Joseph Maclise's Surgical Anatomy, III. 9
Teaching watercolor of a tumor in the mouth, including exterior views, dissected view, and view of tissue under a microscope
Possibly from a local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of a tumor on the face of a woman
Possibly of a local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of a tumor on the forehead of a female patient
Possibly of a local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of a tumor removed from the ring finger of the left hand and a microscopic view of the tissue
Possibly from a local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of a woman with a large tumor on her humerus
After Edward Stanley's Illustrations of the effects of disease and injury of the bones, plate 13
Teaching watercolor of advanced breast cancer
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, vol. 2, liv. 31, pl. 2
Teaching watercolor of an abnormal growth on the sternum of a male subject
Possibly of a local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of an aneurysm by anastomosis on the skull
After Robert Druitt's The principles and practice of modern surgery, page 302
Teaching watercolor of an aneurysm of the aorta, trachea, and esophagus
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, volume 1, part 3, plate 4
Teaching watercolor of an aneurysm of the aortic arch which pushed through the gap between the clavicle and the rib cage to protrude beneath the skin
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, vol. 1, liv. 3, pl. 3
Teaching watercolor of an existing congenital hernia on the same side and in the same sheath as an accidental hernia
After J. B. D. Demeaux's Recherches sur l'evolution du sac herniaire suivies de considerations chirurgicales sur les complications auxelles il pent donner lieu, plate 7
Teaching watercolor of an extremely distorted spine affected by scrophulous caries, cut away to show that the spinal canal is free and regular in its form despite the deformity
After J. Shaw's Engravings illustrative of a work on the nature and treatment of the distortions to which the spine and the bones of the chest are subject, plate 1, figure 6
Teaching watercolor of an inguinal aneurysm and the femoral and popliteal arteries with a popliteal aneurysm
After Sir Charles Bell's Practical Essays, vol. 2, pl. 2, by Oscar Wallis
Teaching watercolor of an ovarian cyst
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, vol. 1, liv. 5, pl. 3
Teaching watercolor of ankylosis and curve of the spine as found in an elderly individual
After John Shaw's Engravings illustrative of a work on the nature and treatment of the distortions to which the spine and the bones of the chest are subject, plate 1, figure 5
Teaching watercolor of baby with deformed head
Possibly of a local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of bone cancer on the skull
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, vol. 2, liv. 33, pl. 4
Teaching watercolor of bone loss of the cranium caused by bone cancer and of a tibia with late stage bone cancer
After Auguste Nelaton's Elemens de pathologie chirurgicale, fig. 243 and 244
Teaching watercolor of bone neoplasms
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, vol. 1, liv. 20, plate 1
Teaching watercolor of bone tumor in the hand
Possibly of a local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of bone with abnormal texture
Possibly of a local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of bones affected by rickets
After Edward Stanley's Illustrations of the effects of disease and injury of the bones, plate 20
Teaching watercolor of cancer on the hand
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, vol. 1, liv. 19, pl. 3
Teaching watercolor of circumscribed abscesses in bones
After Edward Stanley's Illustrations of the effects of disease and injury of the bones, plates V and VI
Teaching watercolor of clubfeet
Probably after Vincent Duval's Traite pratique du pied-bot, Charles Phillips's Die subcutane Durchschneidung der Sehnen, oder, Die Operationen, welche zur Heilung der Klumpf
Teaching watercolor of clubfeet
After Vincent Duval's Traite pratique du pied-bot, and Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery's Traite complet de l'anatomie de l'homme
Teaching watercolor of clubfeet
After Vincent Duval's Traite pratique du pied-bot, Charles Phillips's Die subcutane Durchschneidung der Sehnen, oder, Die Operationen, welche zur Heilung der Klumpf
Teaching watercolor of cross sections of a piece of removed tissue
Possibly from a local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of damage to the femur and pelvis caused by a dislocated femur
After Astley Cooper's A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints (A New Edition, Much Enlarged, 1842), pages 86 and 87
Teaching watercolor of damaged femurs
After Astley Cooper's A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints (A New Edition, Much Enlarged, 1842), pages 139, 146, 148, 134, 147, and 150
Teaching watercolor of deformed feet
After Vincent Duval's Traite pratique du pied-bot, page 24, and Jean Marc Baptiste Bourgery's Traite complet de l'anatomie de l'homme, plates H, J, and L
Teaching watercolor of degeneration of the heart tissue caused by venereal disease
After Phillipe Ricord's Traite complet des maladies veneriennes, plate 29
Teaching watercolor of diffuse suppuration in the head and shaft of the femur and an encephaloid tumor on the lower part of the same femur
After Edward Stanley's Illustrations of the effects of disease and injury of the bones, plates 1 and 18
Teaching watercolor of diseases of the larynx, trachea, and thyroid gland
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, vol. 2, liv. 35, pl. 4
Teaching watercolor of elbow dislocations
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, vol. 1, liv. 9, pl. 4
Teaching watercolor of enormous aneurysm of the descending aorta and spinal deterioration caused by contact with it
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, vol. 2, liv. 40, pl. 2
Teaching watercolor of exterior and interior views of a large bone tumor of the upper jaw which filled the cavities of the nose and orbits and extended into the cranium
After Edward Stanley's Illustrations of the effects of disease and injury of the bones, plates 13 and 17
Teaching watercolor of femoral hernia of the intestines
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, vol. 1, liv. 15, pl. 6
Teaching watercolor of five views of a tumor of the skull and jaw
Possibly of a local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of five views of spinal dysraphism in infants
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, volume 1, part 16, plate 4
Teaching watercolor of four cases of intussusception of the intestines and rectum
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, vol. 2, liv. 21, pl. 6
Teaching watercolor of four views of a badly healed fracture of the femur
Possibly of a local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of fractures at the neck and at the center of the radius
After George W. Hind's Fractures of the bones of the extremities, plate 10
Teaching watercolor of fractures in the radius and ulna near the wrist and fractures of the fingers
After George W. Hind's Fractures of the bones of the extremities, plate 12
Teaching watercolor of fractures in the tibia and fibula
After George W. Hind's Fractures of the bones of the extremities plate 19
Teaching watercolor of fractures of the patella
After George W. Hind's Fractures of the bones of the extremities, plate 18
Teaching watercolor of fractures of the radius and ulna
After George W. Hind's Fractures of the bones of the extremities, plate 11