Teaching watercolor of a gangrenous ulcer on the thigh of a boy

Teaching watercolor of a gangrenous ulcer on the thigh of a boy

Ulcer

Gangrene

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

After the description by John Bell in The principles of surgery p. 109

Large watercolor of a boy in pajamas in bed with a large ulcer on his thigh. The ulcer is painted in deep reds and greens. The painting is made after the story of a boy Joiner, a boy of the Triumph, who had a gangrenous ulcer on his leg.

Kaula, William J.

1894

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Warren Anatomical Museum (21142.381)

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)

21142.381

The watercolor was painted by William J. Kaula circa 1894 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.

96 W x 71 H cm