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Displays	Remove from selection Add to selection Reproduction Object numberRCSHM/Z 67 CollectionCollege Museum CategoryTextiles Object namesamplers DescriptionTwo small cross-stitch samplers, 1848. The first sampler reads 'Charlotte Waite' in red, the second 'Chloroform June the 9 1848' in green. They were made by Charlotte Waite (b.1837) of Saltburn, North Yorkshire, who had her leg amputated when she was about eleven years old in June 1848 after a fall from a carriage seat. Chloroform was used during the operation. The operation was carried out just seven months after chloroform had been first reported by the Edinburgh Surgeon James Young Simpson, and less than 18 months after the first operation under ether in Britain. The name of the surgeon who performed the operation is not known, but may have been either Charles Hopkins, based in nearby Marske, or John Malcolm, who was resident surgeon at the nearest hospital in Kirkleatham. Charlotte made a good recovery from the amputation and went on to raise ten children. Charlotte made these samplers to commemorate the operation. Maker‎ Waite, Charlotte, b 1838, Saltburn presented Spanner, John H (2002) Physical Location LocationNot on public display: contact museum for access conditions Physical Information Dimensions Part 1 length: 174 mm Part 1 width: 20 mm Part 2 length: 155 mm Part 2 width: 20 mm Part 2 length: 184 mm Part 2 width: 40 mm Part 1 length: 290 mm Part 1 width: 44 mm

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Object numberRCSHM/Z 67

DescriptionTwo small cross-stitch samplers, 1848. The first sampler reads 'Charlotte Waite' in red, the second 'Chloroform June the 9 1848' in green. They were made by Charlotte Waite (b.1837) of Saltburn, North Yorkshire, who had her leg amputated when she was about eleven years old in June 1848 after a fall from a carriage seat. Chloroform was used during the operation. The operation was carried out just seven months after chloroform had been first reported by the Edinburgh Surgeon James Young Simpson, and less than 18 months after the first operation under ether in Britain. The name of the surgeon who performed the operation is not known, but may have been either Charles Hopkins, based in nearby Marske, or John Malcolm, who was resident surgeon at the nearest hospital in Kirkleatham. Charlotte made a good recovery from the amputation and went on to raise ten children. Charlotte made these samplers to commemorate the operation.

Maker‎

Waite, Charlotte, b 1838, Saltburn

presented

Spanner, John H (2002)

Physical Location

LocationNot on public display: contact museum for access conditions

Physical Information

Dimensions

Part 1 length: 174 mm
Part 1 width: 20 mm
Part 2 length: 155 mm
Part 2 width: 20 mm
Part 2 length: 184 mm
Part 2 width: 40 mm
Part 1 length: 290 mm
Part 1 width: 44 mm

Physical Location

Physical Information

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