Early Operation using ether, Massachusetts General Hospital
1847
Daguerreotype
15 x 20 cm (5 7/8 x 7 7/8 ins)
Massachusetts General Hospital, Archives and Special Collections
Harvard Art Museum/Fogg Museum, Loan from the Massachusetts General Hospital Archives and Special Collections, Item Identifier: 1.1979
LL/6945
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Early Operation Using Ether for Anesthesia
1847, late spring
Daguerreotype
14.6 × 20 cm (5 3/4 × 7 7/8 in.)
J. Paul Getty Museum
Object Number: 84.XT.958
LL/112289
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Use of ether at the Massachusetts General Hospital, 1847
1847
Daguerreotype
Wellcome Collection
LL/112290
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Young woman receiving ether from a sponge
1847, spring or later
Daguerreotype, whole plate
Harvard Art Museum / Fogg Museum
On loan from Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, Object no. 2.1979
LL/112291
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Young man receiving ether from a sponge
1847, spring or later
Paper print, copied from a daguerreotype
Harvard Medical Library
Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
LL/112292
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Reenactment of the first demonstration of ether anesthesia at Massachusetts General Hospital
n.d.
Daguerreotype, whole plate
Harvard Art Museum / Fogg Museum
On loan from Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, Object no. 3.1979
LL/112293 [Further details available]
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Illustration from "Traité des Opérations qui se pratiquent sur l'oeil" by Edouard Meyer and Dr. A. de Montmeja (Paris: Lauwereyns)
1871
Book illustration
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Dec 7, 2006, #2097, Lot 205)
LL/15969
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Neck tumor before removal
n.d.
Cabinet card
Private collection of Steve DeGenaro
LL/70136 [Further details available]
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Neck tumor after removal
n.d.
Cabinet card
Private collection of Steve DeGenaro
LL/70137 [Further details available]
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An operation during the First World War
1914-1918
Gelatin silver print
4.7 x 7.9 in (120 mm x 200 mm)
Paul Frecker
LL/12165 [Further details available]
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Amputation carried out on Joseph Bramwell, a 37 year old former miner, and father of seven
1865
Albumen print
Bonhams - London
Courtesy of Bonhams, London (Sale 20137 - Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs, Lot 74 - June 2012)
LL/48564 [Further details available]
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One of Her Majesty's Heroes who fell at the front - Wynberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa (Detail)
1900 (copyright)
Stereocard
Jefferson Stereoptics
LL/12384
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