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Charles Lowell's pelvis and right and left femurs
Computerized tomography scan of the Charles Lowell's pelvis and distal ends of left and right femurs, mounted on wooden base painted black
Celluloid shirt collar
This collar was worn by a Boston streetcar motorman who was subject to attacks of dizziness and loss of consciousness on the job. Upon examination at Massachusetts General Hospital, it was determined that when the motorman turned his head, his stiff…
Cast of child with tumor, 1876 [WAM 04635]
Hollow plaster case of head, neck, and upper portion of thorax of 10 year old boy with tumor on left side, painted white
Cases of dislocation of the Os Femoris occurring at the Mass. Gen. Hospital
Handwritten chart from the records of Massachusetts General Hospital noting the following fields of information: date, name, kind (of hip dislocation), cause, date discharged, result, and remarks (notes on operation, e.g. with pulleys). The records…
Carl Zeiss Jena monocular microscope
Black enamel compound monocular microscope with brass knobs and objectives used by Lynne M. Reid and S. Burt Wolbach before her. Nose-piece contains four objective lenses. Illuminator has aperture to control light levels. More modern wooden…
Cannon Moulages
In 1943, Dr. Cannon joined the Medical Corps of the United States Army. He served in the plastic surgery unit at the Valley Forge General Hospital in Pennsylvania, as assistant chief and then chief. This unit performed over 15,000 operations without…
Bone box with appendicular bones.
B-133 is inscribed in red ink on the box and a black label on the front reads:
"Homo.
Teenage [18]
Epiph not
fused
Long bone[s]"
"Homo.
Teenage [18]
Epiph not
fused
Long bone[s]"
Amputation saw
Amputation saw found in rectangular wooden amputation kit. Top area of kit contains one large ivory-handled amputation saw with vertical slots in blade and textured handle, fastened to inside lid of box by two metal swinging tabs.
American Traveller article
A letter to the editor written by Charles Lowell voicing the injustices of the outcome of his case.
A Letter to the Hon. Isaac Parker
John C. Warren's published account of the trial, Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes.
"Surgical Observations with Cases and Operations"
An examination of the Lowell hip case by Dr. Jonathan Mason Warren, over 40 years after the trial took place. He looks at the disected hip bone - Charles Lowell died in 1858 - in an attempt to discover what really happened.
"Report of the trial of an action"
Charles Lowell's personally written account of the entire trial Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes.
"Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes: A celebrated malpractice suit in Maine"
An overall presentation of the facts and analyses confronted in the Lowell hip case.
"An authentic report of a trial"
Published in retaliation of the outcome of the final trial, Lowell makes a plea to the public to sympathize with him and his case.
"A treatise on dislocations and on fractures of the joints"
This renowned publication catalogues different types of dislocations and lists their appropriately corresponding treatment. It was referenced throughout the trial of Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes.