Harvey Cushing's Autograph Caption for Figure 22 (on p. 53) in his book Papers Relating to the Pituitary Body, Hypothalamus, and Parasympathetic Nervous System (1932). OFFERED WITH: Original Ink and Wash Drawing by Mildred Codding for figure 22.

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Very Good. Harvey Cushing's manuscript caption, with his revisions, is identical to the printed version on p. 53 in his book Papers Relating to the Pituitary Body, Hypothalamus, and Parasympathetic Nervous System (1932) "Through his friend Max Brödel, [Cushing] hired Mildred Codding then a student in the medical illustration program at Johns Hopkins, to come to the Brigham in 1929. Although she is seen in many early photographs in the operative theater, her position was quite distant from the table. In fact, a footnote from Cushing's article on cerebellar tumors captures his idea of the medical illustrator's role: 'It is customary for the surgeon to make sketches of the operative stages as he recollects them immediately at the conclusion of the procedures. No written description is of equal value, however crude the sketches. It is impossible for an artist to get near enough to the field with the patient in prone position for a direct view. The drawings accompanying the paper have been worked up by Miss Codding from the originals on the hospital histories eked out in some of the more recent cases by her own fleeting glimpses of the field' ["Experiences with the Cerebellar Astrocytomas. . . ", 1931]" (Moore et al., "Cushing: The Artist", in Black et al., Harvey Cushing at the Brigham, pp.131-32). "Mildred Codding: An Interview with Cushing's Medical Artist. Interview by Matthew R. Moore, John Shillito Jr., Eugene Rossitch Jr.," Surgical Neurology, 35, no. 5, May 1991, pp. 341-44. Seller Inventory # 15876

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