Conquerors of Pain, from "The History of Medicine" / Robert Thom
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- UMHS.25
- Title
- Conquerors of Pain, from "The History of Medicine"
- Artist
- Robert Thom
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1915-1979
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1952
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Michigan (state)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Michigan (state)
- Dimensions
- 107.32 cm x 88.27 cm (42 1/4 in. x 34 3/4 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Physical Description
- Before a skeptical group of surgeons in the operating amphitheater of Massachusetts General Hospital, October 16, 1846, William T.G. Morton, Boston dentist, prepared to anesthetize Dr. John C. Warren's surgical patient, Gilbert Abbott, by causing him to enhale ether. Though Crawford W. Long, Georgia physician, had used ether for anesthesia in 1842, and Horace Wells, Connecticut dentist, tried unsuccessfully to demonstrate anesthesia with nitrous oxide in 1845, reports of painless operations resulting from Morton's methods gave practical anesthesia to mankind. Within a year ether was being used world-widely to conquer the pain incident to surgical operations.
- Identity of persons in the picture, "Conquerors of Pain"
- 1. Dr. John C. Warren, operating surgeon
- 2. Dr. William T.G. Morton, demonstrated ether anesthesia
- 3. Dr. Charles F. Heywood, house surgeon
- 4. Gilbert Abbott, patient
- 5. Dr. Augustus A. Gould
- 6. Dr. Henry J. Bigelow
- 7. Dr. Solomon D. Townsend
- 8,9,10,11,12,13,14 Medical students
- Secondary Keywords
- disciplines
- health sciences
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in health and medicine
- people in science-related occupations
- science and related disciplines
- scientists and people in science-related occupations
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- UMHS.25
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-umhs.25/umhs.25.jpg
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"Conquerors of Pain, from "The History of Medicine"; Robert Thom." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-umhs.25/umhs.25.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
