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The art of surgery: ‘surgical theatrics’ on the surgeon’s stage

Cynthia Avila Chicago, Illinois, United States   Thomas Eakins. The Agnew Clinic. 1889. Oil on canvas, 84 3/8 in x 118 1/8 in, John Morgan Building at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sorry indeed should I be, to sport with the life of a fellow-creature who might repose a confidence either in my surgical […]