Teaching watercolor of the later stages of hip disease, showing the apparent shortening of the leg on the diseased side
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Title
Teaching watercolor of the later stages of hip disease, showing the apparent shortening of the leg on the diseased side
Subject
Hip
Henry Jacob Bigelow Watercolor Collection
Wallis, Oscar
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Teaching Aids and devices
Teaching Methods
Harvard Medical School. Department of Anatomy
Fitz, Reginald, 1885-1953
Description
After Robert Druitt's The principles and practice of modern surgery, page 269
Abstract
Large watercolor showing two individuals with hip disease. On the left is of the lower half of a male child as seen from above with a white shift pulled up over his hips. In the second stage of hip disease, his right hip is enlarged, and the right leg appears shortened. On the right is the naked lower half of a patient as seen from behind in the third stage of hip disease. The hip is swollen, and you can see the shortening of the limb and the unnatural curve of the spine caused by the disease. Watercolor is framed in green sewn textile with metal grommets in each of the four corners.
Creator
Wallis, Oscar
Date Created
1848-1854
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Warren Anatomical Museum (21142.175)
Format
image
Medium
watercolors (paintings)
Identifier
21142.175
Provenance
Henry Jacob Bigelow employed artist Oscar Wallis exclusively from 1848 - 1854 to paint a series of large teaching watercolors to illustrate Bigelow's lectures at Harvard Medical School. Wallis painted the teaching diagrams from local subjects and from the atlases of established medical authorities. The effort cost Bigelow $6,000. In 1890 Bigelow presented the watercolors to Reginald H. Fitz to be used in the Harvard Medical School's Department of Anatomy. The watercolors were transferred into the Warren Anatomical Museum between 1890 and 1930.
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
69 W x 100 H cm
Files
Citation
Wallis, Oscar, “Teaching watercolor of the later stages of hip disease, showing the apparent shortening of the leg on the diseased side,” OnView, accessed August 14, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/13211.