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...Collectors and the Daguerreotypists themselves—encompasses every facet of the 20 years, 1850 to 1870, when daguerreotypy was popularly practiced. The world’s “first” daguerreotypes, Sandworth and Hawes 1846-47 “Operations Under Ether,” underscore daguerreotypy??s scientific foundation, used here to capture the first instance of anesthesia-assisted surgery. Stoic and stern of countenance and apparel, the surgeons contrast in sharp relief with the patient, who, exists a blur in the center, a wild, smeared profusion of thrashing limbs and jerking torso...

Author: By James Crawford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: An Antique Reality Shines With Everlasting Beauty | 2/8/2002 | See Source »

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