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John Collins Warren, MD. Professor of Anatomy, ca. 1848, 1848?
A daguerreotype of John Collins Warren I circa 1848 when he was about seventy years old. This image would have been taken before Warren offered to purchase the Morton crania collection in 1853. Warren and Morton both owned their own crania…
Catalogue of human crania, in the collection of the Academy of natural sciences of Philadelphia: based upon the third edition of Dr. Morton’s “Catalogue of skulls”
James Aitken Meigs was the curator at Academy of Natural Sciences (ANSP). Meigs was responsible for the care of Morton's crania collection after citizens of Philadelphia raised enough funds to keep the Mortonian collection in the city. He conducted…
The Life of John Collins Warren, M.D.: Comp. Chiefly from his Autobiography and Journals, Vol 2.
Edward Warren wrote two volumes about John Collins Warren I. The books gather J. C. Warren's Domestic and European journals, Letters from Europe, "Biographical Notes," and "Surgical Notes." The second volume has an entry dated March 3, 1853, where…
The Life of John Collins Warren, M.D.: Comp. Chiefly from his Autobiography and Journals, Vol 1.
Edward Warren wrote two volumes about John Collins Warren I. The books gather J. C. Warren's Domestic and European journals, Letters from Europe, "Biographical Notes," and "Surgical Notes." The first volume has an entry dated December 3, 1838, with…
Entry on the Egyptian skull in A Descriptive Catalogue of the Warren Anatomical Museum, Volume One
This is the intake record of John Collins Warren I's donation of the original twelve Morton casts to the Warren Anatomical Museum. It draws specific attention to the fact that Morton selected them for Warren as examples of "Typical Skulls." They were…
Crania Americana,; or, a comprative view of the skulls of various aborigional nations of North and South America. To which is prefixed as eassy on the varieties of the human species.
This is the collective comparative study of Morton's initial conclusion on variances between different races. Morton believed there were five races: Caucasian, Mongolian, Malay, American, and Ethiopian. The back of the book contains an appendix…
The Ancient Egyptians
A pamphlet based on the findings of Dr. Morton's, "Crania Ӕgypticaca, or Observations on Egyptian Ethnography, Derived from Anatomy, History, and the Monuments." Determination on the race or races of Ancient Egyptians were drawn from one hundred…
Correspondence to John Collins Warren (1778-1856) regarding the Boston Phrenological Society cabinet
Correspondence were in the back of John Collins Warren, II's, Original Draft of The Collection of the Boston Phrenological Society: A Retrospect. These letters relate to the Boston Phrenological Society in its final days of being an organization.…
Original draft of The Collection of the Boston Phrenological Society: A Retrospect
John Collins Warren II's draft discusses the organization of the Boston Phrenological Society and their relation to Johann Gaspar Spurzheim. Warren's retrospect is a reflection on the former practice of phrenology in medical history and its…
Portrait of Dr. Johann Gaspar Spurzheim (1776-1832), 1832
The lithography of Johann Gaspar Spurzheim was originally created by Alvan Fisher, but John H. Bufford created copies too. The first lithographic was published in 1832 by William S. Pendleton from his publishing company, Pendleton's Lithography, in…
"Some transcribed notes on postmortem examination of Dr. Spurzheim"
Dr. J. C. Warren assisted by Nathaniel B. Shurtleff and Winslow Lewis performed an autopsy on Dr. Spurzheim. These pages are a copy of the original notes taken from Dr. J. C. Warren; however, not all of it could be transcribed which leaves many…
"Anatomical Report on the Skull of Spurzheim"
A speech given by Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, read aloud in front of the Boston Phrenological Society. Shurtleff implements phrenological practices on the skull of Dr. Spurzheim post death. He includes notes about Spurzheim's own observations and…
Discussion of Johann Gaspar Spurzheim in copy of proposed letter of Nahum Capen to Superintendent Mount Auburn, 1864
Nahum Capen, a practicing phrenologist and the founder of the Boston Phrenological Society, made it his duty to ensure Spurzheim's last wishes were met. In this letter, Capen writes to the Superintendent of Mount Auburn in detail about who had been…
Entry on Johann Gaspar Spurzheim in Descriptive Catalogue of the Warren Anatomical Museum, volume one
The entry notes the cataloged skull of Johann Gaspar Spurzheim donated in 1848. Originally, the skull had been part of the Boston Phrenological Society, an organization founded on Spurzheim's birthday to continue the practice of Phrenology. The…
Entry on Johann Gaspar Spurzheim in A Descriptive Catalogue of the Warren Anatomical Museum
This text is the official published catalogue of the Warren Anatomical Museum. The Spurzheim cast is listed in the "Third Division" of the 1870 catalogue, which is entitled "Miscellany." The catalogue's first division is entitled "Healthy" anatomy…
Recovery from the Passage of an Iron Bar Through the Head
This is the 1869 reprint of Dr. Harlow's 1868 speech, Recovery from the Passage of an Iron Bar Through the Head, given at the Massachusetts Medical Society.The speech is a twenty year follow up after Harlow's inital speech about the Phineas Gage…
Entries on Phineas Gage in the Medical College Museum Ledger
A ledger for the Medical College Museum detailing the financial purchases. Entries are associated with Phineas Gage are listed under December 1867, January 1868, February 1868, and September 1868. This includes transportation cost of the skull and…
"Dr. Harlow's Case of Recovery from the Passage of an Iron Bar through the Head"
Dr. Henry J. Bigelow helped with the excavation of Phineas Gage's skull to bring to Boston for further medical studies from his accident. The article provides a summary of the Phineas Gage case with the inclusion of notes he made throughout the…
"Passage of an Iron Rod through the Head"
The first published article about Phineas Gage, originally given as a speech, by Dr. John M. Harlow. A detailed account of Gage's recovery following the accident is given. A mention of the accident is provided in the Medical Miscellany.
Correspondence Sir David Ferrier to Henry Pickening Bowditch, 1877-1879
Correspondence between Sir David Ferrier to Henry P. Bowditch with mention of the case of Phineas Gage as a subject for lecture and publication.
Dr. Elmer E. Southard with visitors looking at the 'crow-bar skull' preserved by Dr. John M. Harlow on exhibit in the Warren Anatomical Museum, circa 1915.
A photograph of the original Phineas Gage exhibit in the former Warren Anatomical Museum. Showcased is the skull of Phineas Gage, a life cast of Gage, and the tampan iron from the accident. The woman second in from the left is Annie Taft. Pictured to…
Handwritten note from Phineas Gage to Warren Anatomical Museum, August 26, 1854
A handwritten note asking for the removal of the iron bar at the request of Phineas Gage. The date written appears to be "August 24th, [18]54." Gage had been living in Chile since 1852. The message is from Gage; however, there is skepticism towards…
An entry for the Iron Bar of Phineas Gage in the Warren Anatomical Museum Index
The entry marks the donation of the iron bar that went through Phineas Gage's head. Initially, the bar had been donated by Gage but then it was removed at his request in 1854. After Gage's death, Dr. Harlow obtained the bar with the approval of…
Discussion of Phineas Gage in Correspondence of Henry J. Bigelow to Dr. Jewett
Dr. Henry J. Bigelow writes a letter to Dr. Jewett about Linn, a man with a similar case to Phineas Gage. Bigelow offers advice for different options on how Linn could live his life post accident. An alternative is to continue to study from Linn for…
Entries on Phineas Gage in the Descriptive Catalogue of the Warren Anatomical Museum, Volume Two
A second Descriptive Catalogue was written for the Warren Anatomical Museum. Collection items were given new catalogued numbers for the 1870 publication. The new numbers were assigned categorically instead of chronological order. Entry level 3048…
Oral History Interview with N. Lynn Eckhert, MD, MPH, DrPH (interview and transcript)
Oral history interview of Dr. N. Lynn Eckhert, conducted by Tacey A. Rosolowski. This oral history interview is part of the Renaissance Woman in Medicine Oral History Project, sponsored by the Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation.
Entry on Phineas Gage in Manuscript Descriptive Catalogue of the Warren Anatomical Museum, Volume One
The Warren Anatomical Museum contains the Descriptive Catalogue Volume One manuscript in the collection. This would have been the original museum intake record of the Gage related materials in the Warren Anatomical Museum collection. Entry 1527…
Invitation to the celebration of Sven Paulin's appointment as Miriam H. Stoneman Professor of Radiology
Invitation to the celebration of Sven Paulin's appointment as Miriam H. Stoneman Professor of Radiology at Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School. The reception was attended by Paulin's family and colleagues, including Birgit Paulin, Morris…
Non-selective coronary artery myocardial bridge
Coronary angiography image of non-selective coronary artery myocardial bridge.
Sven Paulin
Sven Paulin's Harvard Medical School faculty portrait
Sven Paulin
Sven Paulin's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Emeritus portrait
Sven and Birgit Paulin at the celebration of Sven Paulin's appointment as Miriam H. Stoneman Professor of Radiology
Sven and Birgit Paulin at the celebration of Sven Paulin's appointment as Miriam H. Stoneman Professor of Radiology at Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Paulin was the first person to hold the named professorship.
Morris Simon at the celebration of Sven Paulin's appointment as Miriam H. Stoneman Professor of Radiology
Morris Simon giving a toast at the celebration of Sven Paulin's appointment as Miriam H. Stoneman Professor of Radiology at Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Paulin was the first person to hold the named professorship. In the…
Sven Paulin at the Sahlgrenska Sjukhuset, Göteborg, Sweden
Sven Paulin at the Sahlgrenska Sjukhuset, Göteborg, Sweden, where he served as Associate Chief Radiologist. It was here and at the University of Göteborg, that he developed his double-loop catheter technique for coronary angiography.
Sven Paulin, Herbert L. Abrams, Stanley Baum, and colleagues during professional visit to the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Sven Paulin, Herb Abrams, Stanley Baum, and colleagues during professional visit to the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences in Beijing, China. Stanley Baum is second from the left, Herb Abrams is in the center, and Sven Paulin is third from the…
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences certificate of recognition, awarded to Sven Paulin
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences certificate of recognition, awarded to Sven Paulin in appreciation and recognition for his professional visit. Paulin traveled with his wife, Birgit Paulin, and his colleagues Herbert Abrams and Stanley Baum.
Charts showing muscle tension and contracture after exposure to angiographic contrast agents
Charts showing muscle tension and contracture after exposure to angiographic contrast agents, including hand-drawn first drafts and final draft proofs prepared for publication. The charts were prepared for inclusion in the paper, "Effect of…
Poster for the 5th annual Sven Paulin Lecture and Sven Paulin's 85th birthday celebration
Poster for the 5th annual Sven Paulin Lecture and Sven Paulin's 85th birthday celebration, hosted by the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Radiology in October 2011. Dr. Albert de Roos gave the lecture, and the birthday celebration…
Program for Sven Paulin's 85th birthday celebration and 5th annual Sven Paulin Lecture
Program for Sven Paulin's 85th birthday celebration and 5th annual Sven Paulin Lecture, hosted by the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Radiology in October 2011. Dr. Albert de Roos gave the lecture, and the birthday celebration…
Bicentennial Luncheon program and menu, in Honor of His Majesty, Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden
Program and menu for the Bicentennial Luncheon in Honor of His Majesty, Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, hosted by the Swedish-American Council and the Swedish Charitable Society. The luncheon was held at the Marriott Hotel in Newton, Massachuestts…
Morris Simon memorial presentation given by Sven Paulin
Morris Simon memorial speech given by Sven Paulin. Paulin worked with Simon at the Beth Israel Hospital Department of Radiology for many years, and succeeded him as Radiologist-in-Chief in 1970. Accompanying presentation slide images are not…
Sven Paulin's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center memorial program
Program of the memorial for Sven Paulin hosted by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on 14 March 2014. The event was titled, "Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center celebrates The Extraordinary Life of Sven Paulin, October 18, 1926 - January 10,…
Sven Paulin's 80th birthday toasts
Birthday toasts written to Sven Paulin on the occasion of his 80th birthday celebration. Toasts were written by Herb Abrams, Bob Edelman, Igor Laufer, and Etta Pisano.
Email from Herbert L. Abrams, responding to Sven Paulin's birthday letter
Email from Herbert L. Abrams to Sven Paulin, responding to a letter written for Abrams's 90th birthday. The email discusses Abrams's birthday and the professional mentor-mentee relationship between Abrams and Paulin.
Birthday letter from Sven Paulin to Herbert L. Abrams
Letter from Sven Paulin to Herbert L. Abrams, on the occasion of Abrams's 90th birthday. The letter discusses Abrams's birthday and the professional mentor-mentee relationship between Abrams and Paulin.
Surgical kit owned and used by Damascus (Syria) - based physician Habib Cachecho (1868-1938), late 19th century.
Surgical kit with a purple velvet interior and a wooden case. Forty one instruments are included in kit.
Letter from Dr. James Watson to Dr. Folkman on the occasion of his 70th birthday
Congratulatory letter from Dr. James Watson to Dr. Folkman on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Watson writes: "Congratulations on being only 70 with enough years ahead for you and a grateful world to watch anti-angiogenic agents control most…
Dr. Judah Folkman Day proclamation
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino's proclamation that January 20, 2008 is Dr. Judah Folkman Day.
Keio Medical Science Prize award ceremony invitation
Keio Medical Science Prize award ceremony invitation.
Program from the Canada Gairdner Awards ceremony
In 1991, Dr. Folkman received the Gairdner Foundation International Award, which is given to biomedical scientists who have made original contributions to medicine with the goal of contributing through research to increased understanding of human…
Dr. Folkman's speech draft for the Takeru Higuchi Memorial Lecture
In this Takeru Higuchi Memorial Lecture, "The Fine Line Between Persistence and Obstinacy in Research," Dr. Folkman explains his wife Paula's advice for determining the length of his lectures.
Dr. Folkman's Soma Weiss Day speech
In 1957, Judah Folkman received the Harvard Medical School Soma Weiss Award for his medical school thesis about his pacemaker and VSD research. Over thirty years later, Dr. Folkman was asked to deliver the Soma Weiss Day speech, "The Inquisitive…
Endostar Recombinant Human Endostatin Injection preparation guide
Simcere Pharmaceutical Group, a Chinese pharmaceutical company, created an altered version of recombinant human endostatin they named Endostar.
Endostar Recombinant Human Endostatin Injection box
Simcere Pharmaceutical Group, a Chinese pharmaceutical company, created an altered version of recombinant human endostatin they named Endostar.
Speech Dr. Folkman delivered at Ohio State University
Several years after Dr. Folkman left Ohio State University, Dr. Robert Zollinger asked Folkman to return to deliver a speech to third year medical students entering surgical service for the first time.
Folkman laboratory's "central questions"
Dr. Folkman maintained a list of central questions to be investigated by his laboratory. These overhead transparencies contain the list of central questions posted in the laboratory from 2001 to 2002.
Dr. Folkman's annotated lecture from a Whitehead Institute symposium
Following the discovery of angiostatin, Dr. Michael O'Reilly and other members of Dr. Folkman's laboratory were able to isolate a second angiogenesis inhibitor they named endostatin.
Dr. Folkman's lecture
Dr. Folkman's annotated lecture from the Harvard Medical School course, "Identity, Microbes, and Defense," where he describes the angiogenic switch in tumors.
Dr. Folkman's early lecture draft on the discovery of angiostatin
In 1994, Dr. Folkman's laboratory isolated a growth-inhibiting protein they named angiostatin.
Letter to Dr. Richard Madison from Dr. Folkman
Throughout his career, Dr. Folkman investigated the relationship between angiogenesis and diabetic retinopathy. In this letter to Boston Children's Hospital colleague, Dr. Richard Madison, Folkman explains his hypothesis about their interaction.