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Unveiling of Tom Lea's The First Recorded Surgical Operation in North America: Cabeza de Vaca, 1535, with remarks by Nick Houser.
In 1965, Tom Lea painted "The First Recorded Surgical Operation in North America: Cabeza de Vaca, 1535" for the Moody Medical Library at U. T. Medical Branch, Galveston. It depicts Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca - the spanish explorer who survived the ill-starred Narvaez expedition, becoming the first non-Indian to set foot on Texas soil - removing an arrowhead from an Indian's chest, an event chronicled in his Relacion published in Spain in 1542. His successful surgery astounded the Indians, causing them to come from many places to be cured. The preparatory encaustic drawing is a gift from Mary Ann and Dr. Ron Gum, a plastic surgeon in El Paso for many years. It will be permanently displayed in the Advanced Teaching & Assessment in Clinical Simulation Lab supported by Western Refining. The state-of-the-art lab is where medical students and practicing physicians learn to perform surgery today.