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"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…
"Admitting a Convoy," circa 1918.
Photograph of admission of convoy of wounded soldiers to General Hospital No. 22 from album of Helen F. Kimmens.
"Cinema: the new pictures," August 7, 1950.
An MGM film originally intended as a documentary on the work of the Department of Legal Medicine was later recast as a fictional drama—Mystery Street (also known as Murder at Harvard.) The plot concerns a police detective (Ricardo Montalban)…
"Dean explains dropping Dept. of Legal Medicine" from the Boston Sunday Advertiser, August 13, 1967.
The Medical School's new dean, Robert H. Ebert, here announces the dissolution of the Department of Legal Medicine, stating that the training of medical examiners would be handled better by hospitals, and the appointment of William J. Curran, as…
"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…
"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.
"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.
"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,…
"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,…
"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…
"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.
"Many changes made in personnel of Base Hospital No. 5, the Harvard Unit"
Newsclipping from the Boston Herald, September 29, 1918.
"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,…
"Operating Theatre", circa 1918.
Photograph of operating theatre at General Hospital No. 22 from album of Helen F. Kimmens.
"Remarkable vascular tumour of the neck"
John Collins Warren's notes on the etherization and surgical operation on Gilbert Abbott, October 1846.
"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,…
"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…
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…
A group of Saxon soldiers and their composite
Bowditch reproduced and described this composite image of Saxon soldiers, as well as a composite image of Wend soldiers, in his article, “Are composite photographs typical pictures?” printed in McClure’s magazine in September 1894.…
A group of Wend soldiers and their composite
Bowditch reproduced and described this composite image of Wend soldiers, as well as a composite image of Saxon soldiers, in his article, “Are composite photographs typical pictures?” printed in McClure’s magazine in September 1894.…
A poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes, M.D., delivered before the Society for
Medical Improvement
This lengthy poem by Holmes—never published during his lifetime—was probably recited at one of the anniversary dinners of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement; Holmes frequently composed and presented his poetic efforts for its…
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.
Admission ticket to the lectures on the theory and practice of midwifery and medical jurisprudence for E. W. Pierce, November 6, 1839.
Admission ticket to the lectures of Walter Channing on the theory and practice of midwifery and medical jurisprudence for E. W. Pierce,
After-Order by Lieut.-Colonel Hugh Cabot, C.M.G., R.A.M.C., February 1919
At the conclusion of service with the British army in France, the personnel of the Harvard Unit were given this printed communication, extending the thanks of Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig as well as the commendation of Hugh Cabot:
The months…
The months…
American Ambulance Hospital
Picture Postcards: "The Morning Rounds", "Wounded Awaiting their Turn for Dressing", and "Fresh Air Cure on the Verandas."
The postcards, part of a series, may have been used as part of a fund-raising effort for the hospital; the originals along with the passport are preserved in a scrapbook kept by Lyman G. Barton, along with a collection of photographs from his service…
Annual Circular
This first circular from the new location advertises the opportunity for students to examine patients at the Boston Almshouse on Leverett Street and announces the new professorship in clinical medicine.
The faculty was also concerned about the cost…
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…
Argument before the Tewksbury Investigation Committee
A state almshouse for paupers at Tewksbury was founded in 1852. In the 1880s, charges of theft and abuse of the inmates–including the sale of bodies of the deceased to Harvard and other medical schools for anatomical dissection–were…
Autograph letter signed : Boston, Mass., to Winslow Lewis,
[Boston, Mass.?], December 5, 1849. Page 01-03.
Following the discovery of charred human bones and some artificial teeth in the laboratory of John White Webster, Harvard's Erving Professor of Chemistry, scientific experts were called in to provide anatomical and chemical analyses of the remains on…
Committee to Consider the Future of Legal Medicine in Harvard University. Minutes, April 13, 1936. Pages 01-04.
Following the gift of the Magrath endowment, the Medical School formed a committee to examine the scope, nature, and activities related to legal medicine. These minutes of the committee’s initial meeting outline the proposed activities, association…
Dedication of the New Buildings of the Harvard Medical School
This is a program from the two-day exercises at the dedication, September 25th and 26th, 1906. The faculty speeches and the formal dedication of the Longwood campus were followed the next day by an academic session on the Cambridge campus, with a…
Dedication of the New Buildings of the Harvard Medical School
This extended version of the dedication program contains transcripts of the speeches and address of Dr. William H. Welch. The dean of the Medical School, William L. Richardson, said, "In these new buildings all that one could ask for has been…
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…
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…
Drawing of U.S. Base Hospital No. 6.
World War, 1914-1918.
Effect of increasing concentrations of ATP on the incorporation of C14-ATP into RNA of pH 5 fraction
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.
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,…
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…
Final inspection of the Harvard Unit at Fort Totten, N.Y.
Photograph of the final inspection of the Harvard Unit at Fort Totten, N.Y.
First Ether Charts
As a medical student Harvey Cushing, along with classmate, Ernst Amory Codman, resolved to improve the technique for giving ether and created the first known ether charts, (front of one chart reproduced here) carefully recording patient pulse,…
First Ether Charts
As a medical student Harvey Cushing, along with classmate, Ernst Amory Codman, resolved to improve the technique for giving ether and created the first known ether charts, (back of one chart reproduced here) carefully recording patient pulse,…
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.
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,…
Histochemical and cytological techniques
This procedural manual on the preparation of organs and tissue was developed by the Department of Anatomy; the passage displayed outlines work on frozen tissue sections.
Identity card for Walter B. Cannon.
Identify card for Walter B. Cannon.
Interior of ward at No. 22 General Hospital.
Glass lantern slide of interior of ward at No. 22 General Hospital.
Invitation to the Dedication Ceremonies
This invitation was sent to Dr. Joseph Grindon, the Professor of Clinical Dermatology at Washington University, in St. Louis.
John Collins Warren
Black and white oval portrait of J. Collins Warren adhered to paper board mat.
Laboratory guide for gross dissection
The Department of Anatomy produced and distributed this step-by-step manual for dissection "to help the student in the important task of displaying for study the structure of the human body. It represents one plan for completing each day's work with…