Teaching watercolor of the components of and final placement of Murphy's button for intestinal surgical anastomosis

Teaching watercolor of the components of and final placement of Murphy's button for intestinal surgical anastomosis

Anastomosis, Surgical

John Collins Warren Watercolor Collection

Kaula, William J.

Teaching Aids and devices

Teaching Methods

Warren, John Collins, 1842-1927

Harvard Medical School. Department of Anatomy

Watercolor of Murphy's button. Top shows black line drawings of schematics and components of the device. Bottom shows the final placement of the button within an intestine in shades of gray. Watercolor is framed in blue sewn textile.

Kaula, William J.

1896

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Warren Anatomical Museum (21142.207)

Warren Anatomical Museum Records, 1835-2010 (inclusive), 1971-1991 (bulk). Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Box 32, Folder 27

Manuscript catalogue of the Warren Museum, Canavan Accession Log, Unprocessed

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watercolors (paintings)

21142.207

The watercolor was painted by William J. Kaula in 1896 for John Collins Warren to use in teaching. The watercolor was left in the Harvard Medical School Department of Anatomy after Warren's death in 1927. The Department donated the watercolors to the Warren Anatomical Museum on 05/02/1929.

103 W x 69 H cm