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Dr. Folkman organized and chaired the 1987 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute angiogenesis symposium held at the National Institutes of Health.

In 1984, Folkman laboratory member, Dr. Donald Ingber, noticed a fungus growing in an experiment's petri dish containing endothelial cells, and it appeared that the fungus was causing the endothelial cells to retreat. Ingber conducted experiments…

Growth factor purification timeline and Dr. Folkman's manuscript draft entitled, "Towards an Understanding of Angiogenesis: Search and Discovery."

In December 1981, Dr. Folkman stepped down as Surgeon-in-Chief at Children's Hospital Medical Center, but continued his laboratory research. In this June 1982 journal entry, Folkman describes the impact of lab research.

In 1979, Dr. Folkman announced he was stepping down as Surgeon-in-Chief at Children's Hospital Medical Center, but would stay on until a successor was hired. Folkman's thoughts about his last day as Surgeon-in-Chief are described in this December…

Letter from Dr. Joseph Murray (1919-2012), Chief of Plastic Surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Nobel Prize winner, to Dr. Folkman regarding the end of Folkman's tenure as Surgeon-in-Chief at Children's Hospital Medical Center. Murray wrote:…

Letter from Dr. Folkman's former Naval Medical Research Institute colleague, Dr. Fred Becker, in response to recent articles published about Folkman's TAF research. Becker writes that it is "extremely difficult to remain mute in the face of that…

Dr. Folkman's letter to Dr. George Klein (1925-2016), professor of tumor biology at the Karolinska Institutet, containing his thoughts and drawings about angiogenesis.

Dr. Folkman's journal entries containing notes, ideas, and drawings about cartilage, vascularization, and tumor angiogenesis. The January 1977 entry includes possible names for the vessel inhibitor.

Dr. Folkman's journal entries containing notes, ideas, and drawings about cartilage, vascularization, and tumor angiogenesis. The January 1977 entry includes possible names for the vessel inhibitor.

Two other laboratories purified TAF (tumor angiogenesis factor) at the same time as Dr. Folkman's: Dr. Napoleone Ferrara's Genentech laboratory in California, which called the molecule VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor), and Dr. Harold…

Two other laboratories purified TAF (tumor angiogenesis factor) at the same time as Dr. Folkman's: Dr. Napoleone Ferrara's Genentech laboratory in California, which called the molecule VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor), and Dr. Harold…

Two other laboratories purified TAF (tumor angiogenesis factor) at the same time as Dr. Folkman's: Dr. Napoleone Ferrara's Genentech laboratory in California, which called the molecule VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor), and Dr. Harold…

In the early 1970s, Folkman laboratory member Dr. Michael Gimbrone, experimented with placing tumors in the cornea of rabbits and monitored tumor growth. Gimbrone would then transplant a small amount of the tumor into the iris of a different rabbit…

Dr. Folkman continued the tumor growth research he started at the Naval Medical Research Institute in his own laboratory at Children's Hospital Medical Center. In this August 1968 journal entry, Folkman writes: "Could growing tumors secrete a…

Dr. Folkman maintained detailed journals throughout his career that contained experiment ideas, results, and observations, as well as his notes from meetings and lectures. This entry from January 6, 1970, contains Folkman's thoughts on a possible…

Dr. Folkman's ideas for Children's Hospital Medical Center, including using easels to draw surgical procedures prior to operations.

In 1967, Dr. Folkman left Boston City Hospital to succeed Robert Gross as Surgeon-in-Chief at Children's Hospital Medical Center, now named Boston Children's Hospital. He was simultaneously promoted to Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School.

Notes prepared by Dr. Folkman in advance of his first lecture to nurses at Children's Hospital Medical Center.

After completing his naval service (1960-1962), Dr. Folkman resumed his residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital and was named Chief Resident in 1964.

Dr. Folkman and Dr. David Long patented their silicone research and Folkman gave the patent to the Population Council. Folkman and Long's research is the basis of the long-term contraceptive, Norplant.

Dr. Folkman's letter to Dr. Benjamin Lax (1915-2015), a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, about the sustained release of proteins and other macro-molecules from an implantable polymer.

At the Naval Medical Research Institute, Dr. Folkman and his colleagues conducted research using capsules of silicone rubber to slowly release drugs. Folkman explains this research in a letter to Dr. W. Raab, Director of the Cardiovascular Research…

Dr. Folkman served in the United States Navy from 1960 to 1962. It was while stationed at the Naval Medical Research Institute (NMRI) in Bethesda, Maryland, that Dr. Folkman began his tumor angiogenesis research. Dr. Folkman coauthored a 1962…

Manuscript draft for "Growth and Metastasis of Tumor and Organ Culture," Dr. Folkman coauthored with Dr. David Long and Dr. Fred Becker while stationed at the Naval Medical Research Institute.

Dr. Folkman's journal entry comparing the spread of cancer to wound healing—"Does new wound like cancer cell, release something which makes it more permeable to protein?"

As part of the Borden Undergraduate Research Award, Judah Folkman received $500.00, which he donated to Dr. Gross's laboratory.

Letter to Dr. Folkman from Dr. Sidney Farber (1903-1973), congratulating him on receiving the Harvard Medical School Soma Weiss Award for his thesis research.

While a medical student and working in Dr. Robert Gross's laboratory, Judah Folkman and biophysicist Fred Vanderschmidt worked together to develop the first implantable pacemaker.

Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin article about Judah Folkman, cardiologist Dr. Paul Dudley White (1886-1973), Dr. Robert Gross, and Airplane.

Draft of Judah Folkman's ventricular septal defects closure methodology.

Starting in high school and continuing into his undergraduate years at Ohio State University, Judah Folkman conducted research in the canine laboratory of Dr. Robert Zollinger, Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Ohio State University College of…

Dr. Folkman with his daughter, Marjorie, at the National Institutes of Health 1992 Christopher Columbus Discovery Award in Biomedical Research ceremony.

Dr. Folkman with his wife, Paula, at the National Institutes of Health 1992 Christopher Columbus Discovery Award in Biomedical Research ceremony.

Dr. Folkman with President Gerald Ford and First Lady Betty Ford.

Dr. Folkman, Paula Folkman, and colleagues at the event where he received the Keio Medical Science Prize, which recognizes the outstanding and creative achievements of researchers in the fields of medicine and life science.

Dr. Folkman with his wife, Paula Folkman, at the 1993 American Cancer Society event at which he was awarded the Medal of Honor for Basic Science.

Photograph of Dr. Folkman with former Children's Hospital Medical Center residents who served during Folkman's tenure as Surgeon-in-Chief.

In his November 1971 The New England Journal of Medicine article, "Tumor Angiogenesis: Therapeutic Implications," Dr. Folkman described TAF.

In 1969, Dr. Folkman was sent to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for six months of intensive training in pediatric surgery under Surgeon-in-Chief Dr. C. Everett Koop (1916-2013), who later became the United States Surgeon General. During…

After completing his residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Folkman accepted a position at Boston City Hospital where he was given his own laboratory, in addition to being named Instructor in Surgery at Harvard Medical School.

Photograph of Dr. Folkman with Dr. David Long in the Naval Medical Research Institute laboratory.

Following graduation from Harvard Medical School, Dr. Folkman began his residency in surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).

Judah Folkman with one of the dogs from his pacemaker research.

Judah Folkman's research with members of the Zollinger laboratory was the focus of the first academic paper he coauthored in Surgery, entitled, "The Use of Aortic Occlusion in Abdominal Surgery with a Report of Two Human Cases."

Video recording of a lecture by psychiatrist Erich Lindemann, presented in 1966 at the Visiting Faculty Seminar in the Harvard Medical School Laboratory of Community Psychiatry. The meeting was chaired by Gerald Caplan (1917-2008). The film is by…

Grayce A. Young Family Professor in Women's Health at Harvard Medical School. From left: Amos Hostetter, Paula Johnson, Barbara Hostetter and Jeffrey S. Flier, by Gretchen Ertl, created April 25, 2016. Courtesy of Harvard Medical School:…

A pamphlet created by the Medical Committee for Human Rights, undated. Courtesy of the Civil Rights Movement Veterans, crmvets.org.

Oral history and a transcript for an interview between Joan Ilacqua and Sierra Washington, MD, MSPH. Dr. Washington is Associate Clinical Professor at UC San Diego School of Medicine in the Department of Reproductive Medicine. Dr. Washington also…

Oral history and a transcript for an interview between Joan Ilacqua and Fidencio Saldaña, MD, MPH. Dr. Saldaña is Dean for Students at Harvard Medical School and oversees the Office of Student Affairs. Dr. Saldaña is a clinical cardiologist at…

Oral history and a transcript for an interview between Joan Ilacqua and Thomas Sequist, MD, MPH. Dr. Sequist is Associate Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Sequist is chief quality and safety officer at…

Oral history and a transcript for an interview between Joan Ilacqua and Kathryn Tayo Hall, PhD, MPH. Dr. Hall is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. [Click here to go to transcript.]

Oral history and a transcript for an interview between Joan Ilacqua and Carmon Davis, MD, MPH. Dr. Davis is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital. She graduated Harvard Medical School in 1990.

Dr.…

The Soiling of Old Glory is a Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph taken by Stanley Forman during the Boston busing crisis in 1976. The photograph depicts Joseph Rakes, assaulting a black man, lawyer and civil rights activist Ted Landsmark, with a…

[W. E. B. Du Bois photograph from the Harvard College Class of 1890 Class Book, Pach Bros., New York, New York, United States. Courtesy of Harvard University Archives, Harvard University Archives HUD 290.04 pf, and available via HOLLIS:…

The Journal of the National Medical Association, 1909. Source: https://archive.org/details/journalofnationa01nati/page/n1.

A sign used to designate a waiting room for people of color at a Greyhound Bus Terminal in Rome, Georgia. Taken by Esther Bubley, September 1943.

John Van Surly DeGrasse (1825-1868) was a doctor who established a medical practice in Boston in 1854. He joined the Massachusetts Medical Society on August 12, 1854 and became the first African-American to belong to a medical society in…

Lewis Hayden (December 2, 1811 - April 7, 1889) was a member of Boston's black community who had escaped slavery and arrived in Boston in 1846. Hayden, a noted abolitionist, ran a clothing store, and was elected to the Massachusetts House of…

Detecto Physician Scale with 350 lb. capacity used in the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health's Longitudinal Study of Child Health and Development (1930-1987)

Dissection Kit owned and used E. Tessa Hedley-Whyte. Kit is a tied roll of canvas with inside pocket-inserts holding a variety of picks, scissors, and tweezers

Crucible, purportedly taken from the laboratory of Dr. John W. Webster, North Grove Street, Boston, scene of the Parkman-Webster murder

Latin Name:Pulvis IpecacuanhaCommon Name:Powder of the root of ipecacuanhaClassification:Emetic, diaphoretic, and expectorantIsolated Drug/s:EmetineMedicinal Usage:Mild.Ipecacuanha is used as a safe and dependable emetic, and in smaller doses as a…

Angiogram of a 58 year old female with a right-sided Kugel's artery to the atrioventricular node artery. The patient had known coronary artery disease with 8 weeks of unstable angina, and a percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty of the right…

Latin Name:Myrtus PimentaCommon Name:Berries of pimento, or allspiceClassification:Cordial tonic, stomachic, and carminativeIsolated Drug/s: NoneMedicinal Usage:Myrtus Pimenta is used chiefly in julaps and draughts to flavour other medicines in…

Latin Name:Potassium Bichromate(this inscription is French)Common Name: Potassium bichromate, or red chromate of potashClassification: Caustic and alterativeIsolated Drug/s: NoneMedicinal Usage:An irritant caustic, poisonous in overdoses. In the…

Latin Name: Folia Sennae Common Name: Leaves of senna Classification: Cathartic and diuretic Isolated Drug/s: None Medicinal Usage: A prompt, efficient, and safe cathartic, being milder than other drastic purgatives. Folia Sennae is thus good…

Latin Name: SpermacetiCommon Name: Literally, "whale sperm"- oil or wax from the head of a sperm whaleClassification:Demulcent and emollientIsolated Drug/s:NoneMedicinal Usage:Used in many different kinds of lotions, as well as for the treatment of…

Latin Name: Humulus Lupulus Common Name: Extract of the common hop Classification: Astringent, tonic, narcotic, soporific, and anodyne Isolated Drug/s: None Medicinal Usage: Humulus Lupulus is used in malt liquors as a stomachic, or…

Latin Name: Semina Colchicum Autumnale Common Name: Bulb of autumn crocus, or meadowsaffron Classification: Narcotic, diuretic, and diaphoretic Isolated Drug/s: Colchicine Medicinal Usage: Toxic and potent. The bulb of Colchicum Autumnale is…

Latin Name:Nux Vomica PulvisCommon Name: Powder of dog-button seedClassification:Narcotic, tonic, diuretic, diaphoretic, catharticIsolated Drug/s:Strychnine and brucineMedicinal Usage:Highly potent. In small doses, Nux Vomica is used to treat…

Latin Name:Kermes MineraleCommon Name: Red sulfured antimonyClassification:Emetic and catharticIsolated Drug/s:NoneMedicinal Usage: Kermes Mineraleis a preparation chiefly employed internally as an alterative in cutaneous affectations, such as…

Latin Name:Potassae Carbonus ImpurusCommon Name: Potassium carbonate, otherwise known as lixiva or potashClassification:Deobstruent, attenuant, diaphoretic, antacid, diuretic, and aperientIsolated Drug/s:NoneMedicinal Usage:A salt prepared by…

Latin Name:ExtractumStramoniumCommon Name:Extract of jimson weed, or thornappleClassification:Narcotic, tonic, diuretic, anodyne, antispasmodic, and antitussiveIsolated Drug/s:Hyoscamine and daturiaMedicinal Usage:A potent narcotic like…

Latin Name:Carum CarviCommon Name: Caraway seedsClassification:Stomachic, carminative, and diureticIsolated Drug/s:NoneMedicinal Usage: Carum carvi are often used to relieve flatulent colic, especially in children. ⇐ Back to the Apothecary Jars…

Latin Name:Semina CardamomCommon Name: Cardamom seedsClassification: Aromatic, carminative, and diaphoreticIsolated Drug/s: NoneMedicinal Usage:Semina Cardamom are employed as a corrective agent to stimulant, tonic, and purgative medicines. Often…

Latin Name: Balsam Styrax BenzoinCommon Name:Benzoin, or balsam of peru, the resin of the benjamin treeClassification: BlenhorrheticIsolated Drug/s: Benzoic acidMedicinal Usage:The resin of the tree is obtained from incisions in the bark, and then…

Latin Name: Dulcamara Common Name: Bittersweet, or climbing nightshade Classification: Narcotic, diaphoretic, diuretic, cathartic, discutient, emmenagogue, antimanic, and aphrodisiac Isolated Drug/s: Solanine Medicinal Usage: The root, stalk…

Plaster head cast of a man with significant head trauma. Cast is attached to plaster pedestal base and the entire work is painted white.

The Drinker iron lung and other respiratory devices in a physiology classroom believed to be located in the original Harvard School of Public Health building at 55 Shattuck Street

Men and women seated in a physiology classroom believed to be located in the original Harvard School of Public Health building at 55 Shattuck Street. The following names are handwritten on the photograph: T.J. Shaw [?], B.W. Byrones, J.J. Klein,…

After the Abbott operation, Jacob Bigelow sent news of the discovery to Francis Boott (1792-1863), who was living in England. Boott communicated this to James Robinson, a surgeon-dentist, who then performed a painless tooth extraction on December…