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Photographs from "The Advent of Anesthesia" Film
In 1933, the Mallinckrodt Chemical Company produced a short silent file, “The Advent of Anesthesia”, depicting the experiments of W. T. G. Morton with ether anesthesia and recreating the first public demonstration of the operation on Gilbert Abbott…
"How murderers beat the law," from The Saturday Evening Post, December 10, 1949.
Published in the period following the resignation of Alan R. Moritz's and the appointment of Richard Ford, this article from The Saturday Evening Post criticizes the coroner system and promotes the importance of the medical-legal research work at…
"How murderers beat the law," from The Saturday Evening Post, December 10, 1949. Page 032-033.
Published in the period following the resignation of Alan R. Moritz's and the appointment of Richard Ford, this article from The Saturday Evening Post criticizes the coroner system and promotes the importance of the medical-legal research work at…
Letter describing treatment of Cocoanut Grove fire victims at Boston City Hospital
Letter describes the response of medical personnel and the administration of medical treatment following a mass casualty event
First Year Physiology Notes
This is an example of a typical student notebook from the early years of teaching on the Quad. Dr. Means entered the Medical School in September, 1907, soon after the opening of the new buildings.
Letter from J. Pierpont Morgan to J. Collins Warren
Financier and industrialist J. Pierpont Morgan was the most significant benefactor to the construction of the Quad buildings. His magnificent gift of $1,135,000—the single largest donation received by Harvard to that point—underwrote the…
Letter : [Glasgow, Scotland], to Frances G. Lee, Littleton, N.H. Page 01-04.
After some weeks abroad, Alan R. Moritz sent these reflections on legal medicine in an academic context to Mrs. Lee to help crystalize the direction and goals of the new department.
My greatest problem to date has been to arrive at some more or less…
My greatest problem to date has been to arrive at some more or less…
Telegram to Charles W. Eliot from Sir William Osler
Although invited to the dedication, physician Sir William Osler—who had just been named Oxford's Regius Professor of Medicine—could not attend, but did telegraph his congratulations.
Effect of increasing concentrations of ATP on the incorporation of C14-ATP into RNA of pH 5 fraction
A. L. Peirson letter to W. T. G. Morton, 1847
Copy of a letter addressed to Morton, describing Peirson's successful surgical amputations employing ether anesthesia.
Photograph of John Fraser and Walter B. Cannon.
Photograph of John Fraser and Walter B. Cannon.
Photograph of Frank Whipple Snow.
Photograph of Frank Whipple Snow in uniform.
Panorama photograph of Camp Hospital No. 12.
After initial attachment to General Hospital No. 4 in the British Expeditionary Force, Frank W. Snow was then assigned to Camp Hospital No. 12 in the A.E.F. in April 1918 and appointed officer in command there. He was transferred to Camp Hospital…
Photographs of Camp Hospital No. 41.
After initial attachment to General Hospital No. 4 in the British Expeditionary Force, Frank W. Snow was then assigned to Camp Hospital No. 12 in the A.E.F. in April 1918 and appointed officer in command there. He was transferred to Camp Hospital…
Photograph of Medical Ward, Camp Hospital No. 12.
After initial attachment to General Hospital No. 4 in the British Expeditionary Force, Frank W. Snow was then assigned to Camp Hospital No. 12 in the A.E.F. in April 1918 and appointed officer in command there. He was transferred to Camp Hospital…
"Some of Our Doctors," May 1916.
Photograph of the Medical Personnel of the Third Harvard Surgical Unit, May 1916.
Standing (l-r):
Edward Saunders Dillon
Dennis Rider Wood Crile
Edward Harding
Paul Gustafson
Henry Rouse Viets
Charles William Peabody
George Byron Packard,…
Standing (l-r):
Edward Saunders Dillon
Dennis Rider Wood Crile
Edward Harding
Paul Gustafson
Henry Rouse Viets
Charles William Peabody
George Byron Packard,…
Photograph of Frederick James Caldwell and Chauncey Nye Lewis, circa 1917.
Photograph of Frederick James Caldwell and Chauncey Nye Lewis at General Hospital No. 22, circa 1917.
Passport photograph of M. Blanche Wallace, 1918.
Autographed passport photograph of M. Blanche Wallace, April 1918. Mary Blanche Wallace (1892-1979) of Woburn served as a nurse with the third Harvard Surgical Unit, working at General Hospital No. 22 from June 11, 1916, to June 9, 1917. She then…
"Operating Theatre", circa 1918.
Photograph of operating theatre at General Hospital No. 22 from album of Helen F. Kimmens.
"Admitting a Convoy," circa 1918.
Photograph of admission of convoy of wounded soldiers to General Hospital No. 22 from album of Helen F. Kimmens.
"Inside a Ward," circa 1918.
Photograph of the interior of a surgical ward at No. 22 General Hospital, from the album of Helen F. Kimmens.
"Leaving Camiers, Jan. 1, 1919"
Photograph of the departure of the Harvard Surgical Unit from No. 22 General Hospital, January 1, 1919, from the album of Helen F. Kimmens.
"Front view and grounds, Oral Surgery Department, 20th General Hospital, British Expeditionary Force, in which Dr. Kazanjian hand his staff from Harvard University were located."
Photograph of the exterior of the Oral Surgery Department at No. 20 General Hospital.
Photograph of Dr. Varaztad H. Kazanjian leaving Buckingham Palace after his investiture as a Companion of St. Michael and St. George for his services during World War I.
With him are his friends, Mr. and Mrs. W. Warwick James of London.
Photograph of bearers removing patient from ambulance at American Ambulance Hospital, circa 1915.
Photograph of bearers removing patient from ambulance at American Ambulance Hospital.
"Harvard University Surgical Unit of the British 'Red Cross' entertained at Warwick Castle by Mr. & Mrs. Marsh, July 10th 1915"
Photographic postcard of visit of Harvard Surgical Unit to Warwick Castle en route to service in France.
Interior of ward at No. 22 General Hospital.
Glass lantern slide of interior of ward at No. 22 General Hospital.
Names for Honorary Degrees
As part of the dedication ceremonies, honorary degrees were to be presented to some distinguished physicians. In this memo, the dean of the Medical School, William L. Richardson, canvasses and records the opinions of some of the faculty members on…
"A student's dream"
'A standing skeleton joins seated cadavers, preparing to dissect a sleeping medical student. Iconographic elements that by 1906 had become commonplace in dissecting room group portraiture are gathered together in this science: the book propped open…
Life After 1958: Yearbook on the 65th Graduation Anniversary of the Harvard Medical School Class of 1958
Written contributions from members of the Harvard Medical School Class of 1958 reflecting on their medical education and life experiences on the occasion of their 65th reunion year. Contributions were solicited and gathered by project organizers…
Newspaper announcement of the first operation under ether anesthesia.
First announcement of the surgical operation using ether anesthesia at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Letter of congratulations from Moscow
The Medical School received formal letters of congratulation on the opening of the new buildings from other medical schools in the United States and from institutions abroad, including this unusual greeting from the rector of the Imperial University…
The Independent Chronicle and the Universal Advertiser
This local newspaper was one of the first to report the formation of the Harvard Medical School following the plan devised by Dr. John Warren for the Harvard Corporation. The article announces the appointment of the first three faculty members and…
Responses to the Interrogatories of R. H. Dana
At the request of William T. G. Morton, “to be preserved in perpetual remembrance of the thing,” sixteen physicians--John Collins Warren and Henry Jacob Bigelow among them--with knowledge of the circumstances surrounding the ether discovery and its…
Tremont Street Medical School Prospectus
Holmes was one of the founders and faculty members of the Tremont Street Medical School; he offered courses in anatomy, physiology, and, as attested by this prospectus for the 1848 course, regular instruction in microscopic anatomy, and was one of…
Identity card for Walter B. Cannon.
Identify card for Walter B. Cannon.
Passport for Lyman G. Barton.
This passport was issued by the State Department for Lyman Guy Barton (1887-1968), a member of the surgical staff of the Harvard Unit at the American Ambulance Hospital.
Appointment Certificate of German Sims Woodhead
Honored guests from medical schools in the United States and Europe were present at the dedication ceremonies. This certificate from the Registrary attests to the appointment of Sir G. Sims Woodhead (1855-1921), Professor of Pathology, as the…
Richard Manning Hodges dissecting a cadaver
Animated view of a black and white stereograph exhibiting Harvard Medical School anatomy demonstrator and professor Richard Hodges participating in a research or classroom dissection. Dissection subject stabilized on wooden block.
"Declaration for the rerating and increase of an invalid pension."
His medical studies interrupted due to lack of funds, Philon Currier Whidden (1839-1900) enlisted as a private with the 4th Battalion of Rifles of the 12th Massachusetts Volunteers in June, 1861. He was severely wounded in the left leg at Antietam…
Program from Harvard Medical School centennial celebration
During the 1880s, Holmes was involved with the fund-raising appeals for the Medical School’s Boylston Street building. As part of the centennial celebration and dedication of the new building in 1883, he delivered this oration, tracing the history…
Excised tumor, partially dissected
Small color drawing of a tumor on cream colored paper. Tumor is partially dissected and pinned open. Drawing has inscription on recto, handwritten in pencil.
"Remarkable vascular tumour of the neck"
John Collins Warren's notes on the etherization and surgical operation on Gilbert Abbott, October 1846.
Letter from J. Collins Warren to Harold C. Ernst
Although there was doubt on the part of President Eliot that the Longwood buildings would be ready for the meeting of the American Medical Association in June 1906, as this letter of J. Collins Warren attests, the architects affirmed that, within a…
Needs of the Harvard Medical School in the Immediate Future
As a complement to the fund raising campaign for the new campus, Drs. H. P. Bowditch and J. Collins Warren produced this pamphlet to inspire donations to endow professorships, departments, and scholarships at the school.
Draft of a Letter : Boston, Mass., to F. F. Simpson, Washington, D.C., February 17, 1917.
At the request of the Council of National Defense, Paul Dudley White outlined five critical observations following his months at General Hospital No. 22 and made suggestions for improvements of potential use to American medical forces as entry into…
A Case of Shell-Shock from the Diary of Paul Dudley White, September 27, 1916.
Cardiologist Paul Dudley White went overseas to France in August 1916 as a member of the supplement to the Third Surgical Unit, working for several months with the B.E.F. at General Hospital No. 22. He then returned the following year as part of the…
Diagram of the Tent of Paul Dudley White, 1916.
A sketch of the tent of Paul Dudley White at No. 22 General Hospital, Camiers, 1916, from his diary.
Cardiologist Paul Dudley White went overseas to France in August 1916 as a member of the supplement to the Third Surgical Unit, working for…
Cardiologist Paul Dudley White went overseas to France in August 1916 as a member of the supplement to the Third Surgical Unit, working for…
Exercise Tests for Soldiers from the Diary of Paul Dudley White, July 1918.
While attached to Base Hospital No. 6 in the summer of 1918, Paul Dudley White examined and analyzed convalescent gassed soldiers to determine their fitness for return to duty. He devised a number of respiratory and exercise tests for the soldiers,…
Sketch of Base Hospital No. 6 by Paul Dudley White.
A sketch of the plan of Base Hospital No. 6 from the diary of Paul Dudley White, May 1918.
Plan of No. 22 General Hospital (Camiers, France), 1916.
Plan of No. 22 General Hospital drawn by Paul Dudley White.
Drawing of U.S. Base Hospital No. 6.
World War, 1914-1918.
"Honor Harvard '17 Medical Unit"
Private Oscar C. Tugo enlisted on May 7, 1917; he was killed as a night orderly during the air raid on Base Hospital No. 5 on September 4, along with Lieutenant William Fitzsimons, Privates Rudolph Rubino, Jr., and Leslie G. Woods. On October 18,…
Record of Patient 2146 at the Harvard University Service,
American Ambulance Hospital, June 1915.
Over 2000 detailed records of patients treated by the Harvard Unit at Neuilly have been preserved along with photographs and X-rays. Patient 2146 had a perforating shrapnel wound of the upper right arm followed by gas gangrene--the first such…
Field Medical Card, May 1917.
As wounded soldiers were evacuated from the battlefield for hospital treatment, each was issued a field medical card for identification with a brief diagnosis or assessment; the card was in a window envelope and tied to the individual, with red-edged…
Harvard Unit armband, May 1916.
Armband worn by members of the Harvard Surgical Unit en route to France during World War I.
Mary Blanche Wallace (1892-1979) of Woburn served as a nurse with the third Harvard Surgical Unit, working at General Hospital No. 22 from June 11, 1916,…
Mary Blanche Wallace (1892-1979) of Woburn served as a nurse with the third Harvard Surgical Unit, working at General Hospital No. 22 from June 11, 1916,…
"Third Harvard Unit is Off to France," May 20, 1916.
Mary Blanche Wallace (1892-1979) of Woburn served as a nurse with the third Harvard Surgical Unit, working at General Hospital No. 22 from June 11, 1916, to June 9, 1917. She then returned to France in April 1918 as a member of the American Red…
"Memorial to dead of Base Hospital 5, Harvard." October 12, 1928.
Private Oscar C. Tugo enlisted on May 7, 1917; he was killed as a night orderly during the air raid on Base Hospital No. 5 on September 4, along with Lieutenant William Fitzsimons, Privates Rudolph Rubino, Jr., and Leslie G. Woods. On October 18,…
"Honor Harvard '17 Medical Unit"
Private Oscar C. Tugo enlisted on May 7, 1917; he was killed as a night orderly during the air raid on Base Hospital No. 5 on September 4, along with Lieutenant William Fitzsimons, Privates Rudolph Rubino, Jr., and Leslie G. Woods. On October 18,…
"Many changes made in personnel of Base Hospital No. 5, the Harvard Unit"
Newsclipping from the Boston Herald, September 29, 1918.