Identifications of the surgeons, left to right: Charles Bertody (1824–1893)–unverified, Solomon David Townsend (1793-1869), Charles Frederick Heywood (1823-1893)–unverified, Daniel Denison Slade (1823-1896), Augustus Addison Gould (1805-1866), ward attendant, John Call Dalton (1825-1889), Samuel Parkman (1816-1854), Jonathan Mason Warren (1811-1867), Henry Jacob Bigelow (1818-1890). According to Rowley (2022) the patient's name is William Eckels, whose dislocated shoulder was treated by Dr. Samuel Parkman. Rowley attributions and scholarship published online:
"Notes on the iconography of the first ether surgeries."
Identifications of record include, from left to right: John C. Dalton, M.D. (1825–1889)–unverified, Solomon Davis Townsend, M.D., Charles Frederick Heywood, M.D.–unverified, unknown, Augustus Addison Gould, M.D., attendant, unknown, Henry Jacob Bigelow–unverified, Jonathan Mason Warren, M.D., Ebenezer H. Frost (1824–1865)–unverified. Attributions from Haridas, Lowry & Lowry, et al.
Formerly incorrectly attributed to Richard St. Clair and called the St. Clair daguerreotype.
Date
Taken on 9 December 1846
Source
"Photographs of Early Ether Anesthesia in Boston: The Daguerreotypes of Albert Southworth and Josiah Hawes."
Anesthesiology 7 (2010), vol. 113, p. 13-26. doi:10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181de6f41
Author
Rajesh Parsotam Haridas, M.B.Ch.B., F.A.N.Z.C.A.
Other versions
Artist
Josiah Johnson Hawes (1808-1901) of the photographic firm, Southworth and Hawes.
Medium
Whole plate daguerreotype.
Collection
Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, on loan from Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Haridas, RP (2010), "Photographs of early ether anesthesia in Boston. The daguerreotypes of Albert Southworth and Josiah Hawes." In: Anesthesiology. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; vol. 113, p. 13-26. doi:10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181de6f41
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Captions
Historic daguerreotype representing Parkman's ether surgery prosecuted at Massachusetts General Hospital on December 9, 1846.