I believe the correct answer is: patient’s mother.
“The Gross Clinic” (also known as “The Clinic of Dr. Gross”)
is an oil on canvas painting by American artist Thomas Eakins in 1785. The
painting is based on a surgery in which Gross treated a young man for
osteomyelitis of the femur. The lone woman seen at the painting is considered
to be the patient’s mother and had raised many criticisms.
