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A demonstration at the Royal College of Surgeons of England for military surgeons being trained to work in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The course is called MOST (Military Operational Surgical Training course). The subject is a cadaver. The upper screen shows the eyeball being removed, while in the lower screen the empty eye cavity is being sutured.
Title
Sewing up of an Eye Cavity in a Cadaver after Removal of the Eye for Training of Surgeons
Date
2013
Medium
pencil with watercolour & acrylic ink
Measurements
H 38.3 x W 28.2 cm
Accession number
2497898i
Acquisition method
purchased from the artist, 2015
Work type
Watercolour
Signature/marks description
Signed "Julia Midgley"
Inscription description
Inscribed "M.O.S.T. 15.3.13 8.45" Julia Midgley
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