women in art Archives - British Society for the History of Medicine https://bshm.org.uk/tag/women-in-art/ Wed, 06 Jul 2022 11:09:03 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Illustrations of the History of Medicine from the Art of Barbara Hepworth https://bshm.org.uk/illustrations-of-the-history-of-medicine-from-the-art-of-barbara-hepworth/ https://bshm.org.uk/illustrations-of-the-history-of-medicine-from-the-art-of-barbara-hepworth/#respond Wed, 06 Jul 2022 11:09:03 +0000 https://bshm.org.uk/?p=14967 Consultant orthopaedic surgeon, Norman Capener had a considerable effect on the work of sculptor Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975), as James Scott explains.  In 1944, Barbara Hepworth’s daughter Sarah developed osteomyelitis of her proximal femur, – a much feared condition with a mortality of about 30% at the time. I was able to discover that she was […]

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