#Richard Tennant Cooper

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Richard Tennant Cooper

A giant claw pierces the breast of a sleeping naked woman, another naked woman swoops down and stabs the claw with a knife; representing the surgical treatment of breast cancer.

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Richard Tennant Cooper - Syphilis (1912)

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Richard Tennant Cooper representing the effects of chloroform, ca. 1912

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Richard Tennant Cooper representing the effects of chloroform, ca. 1912.

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Richard Tennant Cooper - Syphilis, 1912.

A similar painting, here.

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"Consumptive and the Angel of Death", by Richard Tennant Cooper, 1912.

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Richard Tennant Cooper: Sífilis, 1912.

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An Unconscious Naked Man Lying on a Table Being Attacked by Little Demons Armed with Surgical Instruments; Representing the Effects of Chloroform on the Human Body -- Richard Tennant Cooper

An Unconscious Naked Man Lying on a Table Being Attacked by Little Demons Armed with Surgical Instruments; Representing the Effects of Chloroform on the Human Body c. 1912, by Richard Tennant Cooper (1885–1957)

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Breast Cancer , 1912 by Richard Tennant Cooper (1885–1957)

The Artist Who Paints Death: Richard Tennant Cooper and His Plague Fantasies Breast cancer still claims hundreds of thousands of lives each year around the world. In Cooper's painting, this ailment is represented in the form of a monster, whose claw has sunk into the chest of a woman. On the other hand, the spirit of medicine in the helmet of an ancient hero, armed with a dagger, rushes to the aid of the patient.

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Syphilis.

Gouache by Richard Tennant Cooper, 1912.

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Richard Tennant Cooper - Henry Hill Hickman performing experiments on suspended animation (ca. 1912)

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creatures in art: ghosts

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By Richard Tennant Cooper (1885-1957)