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Thomas Eakins
Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross (The Gross Clinic), oil on canvas by Thomas Eakins, 1875; part of the collections of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Philadelphia Art Museum. 2 × 2.5 m.
In the painting The Agnew Clinic by Thomas Eakins, Mary V. Clymer is depicted as the nurse assisting during the surgical procedure. She was one of the first graduates of the University of Pennsylvania's nursing school. Eakins’s portrayal of the individuals in the scene is noted for its high level of precision, allowing for the identification of specific figures like Clymer within the medical amphitheater.1