Eleanor Sweezey sketching in the operating room of the Queen Mary Veterans’ Hospital, Montreal

“Miss Sweezey may spend as much as five hours in the operating room sketching […] ‘A photo can’t show the underlying structures,’ she explained. ‘A sketch may be better because it simplifies and takes out details and operating room drapes which obstruct the picture the surgeon wants to pass on to students. ‘A sketch can show typical procedure rather than the details of an individual case or even demonstrate what should be done ideally according to the doctor’s views even though he may never have done such an operation.'”