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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Robert C. Hinckley
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Robert C. Hinckley

1853 - 1941
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BiographyRobert Cutler Hinckley (1853–1941) decided to create a painting of the first successful public demonstration of ether anesthesia. Hinckley’s painting, The First Operation with Ether (fig. 1), has become one of the most popular paintings in medical history.
http://anesthesiology.pubs.asahq.org/article.aspx?articleid=1931484 I.S. 12/19/2017
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