Teaching watercolor of the effects of tuberculosis on the spine

Teaching watercolor of the effects of tuberculosis on the spine

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis, Spinal

Spine

Vertebra

Bone and Bones

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

After Auguste Nelaton's Recherches sur l'affection tuberculeuse des os, plate 2

Large watercolor showing several cross section views of the spine affected by tuberculosis. On the left is a cross section of four vertebrae, the middle two of which have a large hole in the bone. In the upper right is a cross section of a vertebra with a porous texture in the interior. In the bottom right is a cross section of a vertebra with a fracture running through the bone. Watercolor is framed in green sewn textile, with metal grommets in each of the four corners.

Wallis, Oscar

1848-1854

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Warren Anatomical Museum (21142.170)

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watercolors (paintings)

21142.170

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.

100 W x 69 H cm