In The Gross Clinic (1875), by Thomas Eakins, Professor Samuel Gross’s team of surgeons cuts through flesh to repair bone, an examination of the bare essentials of life devoid of sentiment or moralism. The foremost intellectuals of the age regarded life in much the same way. Source: Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins (1844–1916). The Gross Clinic. 1875. Oil on Canvas. Jefferson College, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Bridgeman Art Library.
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