Surgery lesson. Oil painting of Spanish surgeon Diego de Argumosa (centre,1792-1865) demonstrating hernia surgery on a cadaver. On the plaque behind Argumosa are named past Spanish surgeons and anatomists: Gimbernat,Castello,Ribes,Ysern,Sanchez,Gutierrez,and Capdevila. The surgeons gathered around Argumosa are (left to right): standing: Busto,Asuero,Santero,Salazar,Quijano,Soler,Martinez,Encinas,and Magaz; seated: Solis,Corral,Alonso,Calvo,Toca,Creus,and Forquet. Painted by Antonio Bravo in 1885,'Lesson 10: The Operation' is in the entrance hall of the Faculty of Medicine of the Complutense University of Madrid,Spain |