Teaching watercolor of the sheath of the fascia transversalis of the spermatic cord
Description:
After Thomas George Morton's The surgical anatomy of the principal regions of the human body, Inguinal Herniae, figure no. 2 Large watercolor showing the left spermatic cord. Abdominal muscles are in red and gray. The spermatic cord and other tissue is laid open and held with metal hooks to show veins in blue and arteries in red. Watercolor is framed in green sewn textile, with metal grommets in each of the four corners.
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Notes:
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.
