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Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross (The Gross Clinic), 1875, Thomas Eakins. Who knew Eakins was such a visionary?
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Yesterday, I had a minor medical procedure done, which—as is the nature of these things—will be followed by a slightly-less-minor medical procedure. While discussing scheduling, the surgeon mentioned that he could do it either at an outpatient surgical center or our local hospital.
“How about an art gallery?” I inquired. “It would be perfect. This has all the great narrative themes: love, death, gore, fear, sex, nudity, pathos.”
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The Agnew Clinic, 1889, Thomas Eakins
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He studied the papers in his hands. “Unfortunately, your insurance doesn’t cover you for performance art,” he answered. “However, after January 1, 2014, under the Affordable Care Act…”
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I stumbled upon a history of a modern surgery and anesthesia(sp?) not long ago, probably at the time of that Eakins painting, surgeons wore black, worked quick and didn't sterilize anything! You didn't want surgery then.
Heck, I really don't want it now! But given a choice, I would prefer the modern-day version… in a hospital, where such events belong.