Ether Dome Daguerreotype No. 1

Identifications of the surgeons, left to right: charles bertody (1824–1893)–unverified, solomon david townsend (1793-1869), charles frederick heywood (1823-1893)–unverified, daniel denison slade (1823-1896), augustus addison gould (1805-1866), ward attendant, john call dalton (1825-1889), samuel parkman (1816-1854), jonathan mason warren (1811-1867), henry jacob bigelow (1818-1890). According to rowley (2022) the patient's name is william eckels, whose dislocated shoulder was treated by dr. Samuel parkman. Rowley attributions and scholarship published online: "notes on the iconography of the first ether surgeries. " identifications of record include, from left to right: john c. Dalton, m. D. (1825–1889)–unverified, solomon davis townsend, m. D. , charles frederick heywood, m. D. –unverified, unknown, augustus addison gould, m. D. , attendant, unknown, henry jacob bigelow–unverified, jonathan mason warren, m. D. , ebenezer h. Frost (1824–1865)–unverified. Attributions from haridas, lowry & lowry, et al. Formerly incorrectly attributed to richard st. Clair and called the st. Clair daguerreotype. Date: Taken on 9 December 1846. Medium: daguerreotype. Collection: Fogg Museum.