Adrian E. Flatt, M.D., Hand Collection

The Adrian E. Flatt, M.D., Hand Collection is on display at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas in the George W. Truett Memorial Hospital lobby. The display is open and free to the public 24-hours a day. This exhibit of more than 100 cast, bronze-coated hands is the work of Adrian Flatt, M.D., who was chief of orthopaedic surgery at Baylor Dallas from 1982 until 1992.

A native of England, Dr. Flatt came to the United States in 1954. Dr. Flatt served as consultant in hand surgery to several organizations and individuals, including the United States Air Force and the United States Space Program. Dr. Flatt was professor of anatomy and hand surgery at the University of Iowa for 22 years, and taught hand surgery at Yale University School of Medicine for three years before coming to Dallas in 1982.

Dr. Flatt began in 1962, as a hobby, casting and bronze-coating hands of well-known individuals in various professions. The first hands he cast were those of fellow surgeons to prove there are no typical surgeons hands. Not only did he prove that, but his collection shows how expressive and revealing an individuals hands can be.

Since his retirement in 1992, Dr. Flatt continues to teach anatomy and hand surgery to medical students in the residency program at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas.

Special Exhibits
How To Cast Hands
Clinical Examples of Patients Hands
Historic Hands
The Hand in Everyday Life

Actors/Entertainers
Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano
Chubby Checker, Twist singer/performer
David Copperfield, illusionist
Alice Faye, singer
Greer Garson, actress
Linda Gray, actress
Larry Hagman, actor
Katherine Hepburn, actress
Mary Martin, actress
Ethel Merman, entertainer
Paul Newman, actor
Joanne Woodward, actress

Artists
George Booth, New Yorker cartoonist
Walt Disney, originator of animated movies and Disney cartoon characters
Theodor Geisel, creator of Dr. Seuss
Frank Netter, medical artist
Norman Rockwell, artist
Charles Schulz, creator of Peanuts
Andrew Wyeth, artist
Jamie Wyeth, artist

Astronauts
Neil Armstrong, first astronaut to walk on moon, 1969
Buzz Aldrin, astronaut who also walked on moon, 1969
Scott Carpenter, astronaut, Aurora 7, 1962
Eugene Cernan, last astronaut to walk on moon, 1972
Michael Collins, astronaut, commanded module in moon landing, 1969
Gordon Cooper, astronaut, Faith 7, 1963
John Glenn, astronaut, Friendship 7, 1962
Gus Grissom, astronaut, Liberty Bell 7, 1961
Story Musgrave, astronaut who repaired the Hubble Telescope
Walter Schirra, astronaut, Sigma 7, 1962
Alan Shepard, astronaut, Freedom 7, 1961
Donald Slayton, astronaut, first joint U.S.-Soviet space mission, 1975

Athletes/Sport Figures
Troy Aikman, quarterback, Dallas Cowboys
Julius Boros, golfer
Wilt Chamberlain, basketball player, Los Angeles Lakers
Joe DiMaggio, baseball player, New York Yankees
Chris Evert, tennis player
Don Gay, world champion bull rider
Brett Hull, hockey player, Dallas Stars
Tom Landry, football coach, Dallas Cowboys
Meadowlark Lemon, basketball player, Harlem Globetrotters
Mickey Mantle, baseball player, New York Yankees
Mike Modano, hockey player, Dallas Stars
Stan Musial, baseball player, Saint Louis Cardinals
Martina Navratilova, tennis player
Arnold Palmer, golfer
Cathy Rigby, gymnast
Ivan Pudge Rodriguez, baseball catcher, Texas Rangers
Andre Roussimoff (Andre the Giant), wrestler
Nolan Ryan, baseball pitcher, Texas Rangers
Willie Shoemaker, jockey
Mike Singletary, linebacker, Chicago Bears
Emmitt Smith, running back, Dallas Cowboys
Bart Starr, quarterback, Green Bay Packers
Roger Staubach, quarterback, Dallas Cowboys
Pat Summerall, athlete/sports announcer
Fritz Von Erich, wrestler
Jerry West, basketball player, Los Angeles Lakers
Darren Woodson, safety, Dallas Cowboys

Aviators
Jimmy Doolittle, U.S. Air Force general
Edna Gardner-Whyte, pioneer pilot
David Tex Hill, commander, Flying Tigers in China, World War II
Ross Perot, Jr., flew helicopter around the world
Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, balloonists who flew nonstop around the world
Richard Rutan, test pilot, flew around the world without refueling
Chuck Yeager, U.S. Air Force general, broke the sound barrier on Oct. 14, 1947

Business Entrepeneurs
Mary Kay Ash, founder and owner, Mary Kay Cosmetics
Comer Cottrell, CEO, Proline Corporation
Michael Dell, business entrepreneur, Dell Computers
Ebby Halliday, realtor
Stanley Marcus, chairman emeritus, Neiman-Marcus
Raymond Nasher, developer of North Park Center, patron of arts
W. Dewey Presley, former chair of board of trustees, Baylor
   University Medical Center and Baylor Health Care System

Explorers
Robert Ballard, discovered the Titanic
Dick Bass, climber of highest peaks in 7 continents
Beck Weathers, M.D., in 1996, almost died on Mt. Everest

Journalists/Authors
Walter Cronkite, broadcast journalist
Arnold Toynbee, author and historian
Walt Whitman, poet

Musicians
Louis Armstrong, trumpeter
Frederic Chopin, composer
Van Cliburn, pianist
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
Walter Hendl, conductor
Andrew Litton, conductor
Eduardo Mata, conductor
Ignacy Jan Paderewski, pianist
Mary Preston, organist, Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Andres Segovia, maestro guitarist
Isaac Stern, violinist

Nobel Prize Winners
Jack Kilby, recipient for integrated circuit
Joseph Murray, M.D., first surgeon to perform a human transplant
Linus Pauling, M.D., recipient of Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1954 and Nobel Peace Prize in 1962

Olympic Gold Medalists
Bart Conner, gymnast
Peggy Fleming, ice skater
Dan Gable, wrestler
Eric Heiden, M.D., speed skater
Jim Montgomery, swimmer, three medals
Peter Snell, runner

Religious Leaders
Rev. Billy Graham, Christian evangelist

Scientists
Frank Bash, McDonald Observatory, Texas
Jonas Salk, M.D., developed polio vaccine
Wernher Von Braun, German scientist and rocketry expert

Surgeons
Christian Barnard, M.D., worlds first heart transplant surgeon
Ruth Jackson, M.D., first female orthopaedic surgeon in United States
Adrian Kantrowitz, M.D., first North American heart transplant surgeon
Sir Henry Osmond-Clarke, M.D., orthopaedic surgeon to Englands Queen Elizabeth II
Arthur Steindler, M.D., pioneer orthopaedic surgeon
Sir Reginald Watson-Jones, M.D., orthopaedic surgeon to Englands King George VI
23 surgeons hands of all shapes and sizes

United States Presidents
George H. Bush, president of the United States
Jimmy Carter, president of the United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower, president of the United States
Gerald Ford, president of the United States
Lyndon B. Johnson, president of the United States
Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States
Ronald Reagan, president of the United States
Harry S. Truman, president of the United States

World Leaders
Corazon Aquino, president of the Philippines
Winston Churchill, prime minister of England, recast of 1953 cast
Margaret Thatcher, prime minister of England