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"Painless" Poster
Poster for "Painless" an exhibit of objects and images from the history of anesthesiology curated by Brigham and Women's Hospital Archivist, Catherine Pate, originally produced for the Brigham Education Institute in 2018–2019.
The background image…
The background image…
De medicina
One of the first medical books ever printed, the De medicina is a compilation of knowledge of diet, pharmacy, and surgery from the time of Imperial Rome, circa 30 A.D. In the Renaissance, Celsus' elegant style earned him the title of Cicero…
Oral history interview with Bruce Smith (captioned video)
Oral history interview with Bruce Smith, conducted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Archivist, Heather Mumford, over Zoom on November 16, 2021.
Bruce Smith served initially as the Director of Community Programs (1989 – 1995). In…
Bruce Smith served initially as the Director of Community Programs (1989 – 1995). In…
Oral history and transcript for an interview with Natalie Stavas, Strong Medicine Oral History Project
Oral history interview between Strong Medicine Project Coordinator Joan Ilacqua and Natalie Stavas, Pediatric Resident in the Boston Combined Residency Program. Taken 7 April 2014 at in the Finland Room at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine.…
Oral history and transcript for an interview with David King, Strong Medicine Oral History Project
Oral history interview between Harvard History of Science Graduate Student Miriam Rich and David King, Assistant in Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 17 March 2014 at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston,…
Oral history and transcript for an interview with Stanley Ashley, Strong Medicine Oral History Project
Oral history interview between Harvard History of Science Graduate Student Emily Harrison and Stanley Ashley, Chief Medical Officer at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 28 April 2014 at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston,…
Oral history and transcript for an interview with Zara Cooper, Strong Medicine Oral History Project
Oral history interview between Harvard History of Science Graduate Student Emily Harrison and Zara Cooper, Associate Surgeon in the Division of Trauma, Burn, and Surgical Critical Care at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 28…
Oral history and transcript for an interview with Michael Crisp, Strong Medicine Oral History Project
Oral history interview between Harvard History of Science graduate student Alyssa Botelho and Michael Crisp, Director of Public Safety at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 16 May 2014 at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.…
Oral history and transcript for an interview with Rob Osgood, Strong Medicine Oral History Project
Oral history interview between Harvard History of Science graduate student Alyssa Botelho and Rob Osgood, Emergency Management Director at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 16 May 2014 at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.…
Oral history and transcript for an interview with Joe Blansfield, Strong Medicine Oral History Project
Oral history interview between Harvard History of Science graduate student Miriam Rich and Joe Blansfield, Trauma Program Manager at Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 10 June 2014 at Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.…
Oral history and transcript for an interview with Jay Hartford, Strong Medicine Oral History Project
Oral history and a transcript for an interview between Strong Medicine Project Coordinator Joan Ilacqua and Jay Hartford, Intensive Care Nurse in the Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 18…
Oral history and a transcript for an interview with Edward Kravitz, Perspectives of Change
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Oral history interview between oral historian Joan Ilacqua and Dr. Edward Kravitz, George Packer Berry Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School. Taken 26 February 2015 at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts…
Oral history interview with Francine Benes (audio and transcript)
Oral history and a transcript for part 1 of an interview between Joan Ilacqua, Project Archivist and Francine Benes, MD, PhD, William P. and Henry B. Test Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and Director Emeritus of the Harvard Brain…
Oral history and a transcript for an interview with Chester Pierce, Perspectives of Change
Oral history interview between oral historian Joan Ilacqua and Dr. Chester Pierce, Emeritus Professor of Education and Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Taken 13 January 2015 Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts as part of Equal Access: Oral Histories of…
A Treatise on Etherization in Childbirth, Title Page
The title page from A Treatise on Etherization in Childbirth, by Walter Channing, MD.
Dr. Channing was Professor of Midwifery and Medical Jurisprudence and Dean of the Faculty at Harvard Medical College. In 1832, he became a founder and chief…
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,
A Treatise on Etherization in Childbirth, Page 1
First page of A Treatise on Etherization in Childbirth, by Walter Channing, MD. Dr. Channing was Professor of Midwifery and Medical Jurisprudence and Dean of the Faculty at Harvard Medical College. In 1832, he became a founder and chief physician of…
A Treatise on Etherization in Childbirth, Page 126
Page 126 from A Treatise on Etherization in Childbirth, by Walter Channing, MD, depicting a design for an ether delivery devise. Dr. Channing was Professor of Midwifery and Medical Jurisprudence and Dean of the Faculty at Harvard Medical College. In…
New Experiments Upon Vipers
Charas trained as a classicist and pharmacist in France; his interests lay in a curious mix of therapeutics, toxicology and natural history. This volume focuses on the anatomy, physiology, and habits of snakes. Charas believed that venom was…
The natural method of cureing the diseases of the body, and the disorders of the mind depending on the body
This copy of the second edition of George Cheyne’s work on disease is a rare and notable survivor of the disastrous Harvard fire of 1762. On the night of January 24th, during a storm of snow and high wind, Harvard Hall, containing the…
Photograph of the Semi-Centennial of Anaesthesia Celebration
A photograph of the attendees at the Semi-Centennial of Anaesthesia commemorative event at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Please help a crippled soldier
Begins: Now bards have sung and poets wrote.
"Lost his leg at the battle of Fredricksburg, December 13, 1862, and his arm while firing a salute, February 22, 1869, at Harrisburg."
A treatise on acupuncturation
Churchill's Treatise is the first English monograph devoted to the subject of acupuncture; it describes four cases for which the therapy provided relief of pain. In 1828, James Morss Churchill published a companion work, describing the efficacy of…
Catalogue of homoeopathic books
A catalogue of homeopathic books and other items for sale by Otis Clapp.
