Letter to John C. Warren from Dr. Benjamin Barrett
The letter discusses methods employed in setting a hip dislocation as a result of the ongoing trial, Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes.
Barrett, Benjamin
text
English
text
HOLLIS number: 006668697
Call number: 1.Mw.1822.W
Cast of the fist of Oliver Wendell Holmes
Wendell Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894
Made at the request of librarian James Read Chadwick, the bronzed fist of Oliver Wendell Holmes was displayed in the original Holmes Hall of the Boston Medical Library's building following the memorial meeting on October 30, 1894. The sculptor, Truman Howe Bartlett, claimed that when asked if he would hold a pen while the mould was being made, Holmes refused and, doubling up his fist like a prizefighter's, said,"Take it that way; that does not show the old man's wrinkles, does it?"
Bartlett, Truman Howe
Photographic studies for a bust of Oliver Wendell Holmes
Photographs
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894
Bartlett, Truman Howe, 1835-1923 (artist)
Sculptor Truman Howe Bartlett made these photographs and measurements of Holmes at the age of 75 with the intention of making a bust, but the project was abandoned as <em>“the necessary sittings were irksome to the subject.”</em> After Holmes’ death, the City of Boston commissioned a bust to be made, and Bartlett secured the work for one of his former students, Richard Edwin Brooks (1865-1919), and passed over to him the glass negatives of the photographs. The original bronze bust was sculpted in Paris by Brooks in 1896 and presented to the Boston Public Library; a copy was made for the Boston Medical Library and placed in Holmes Hall.
Bartlett, Truman Howe, 1835-1923
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still image
DigID0002135
Vegetable materia medica of the United States
Copper engravings (visual works)
Barton, William P. C. (William Paul Crillon), 1786-1856
Materia medica
Botany, Medical
Baptisia
William P. C. Barton's <i>Vegetable materia medica of the United States</i>, along with Jacob Bigelow's contemporary <i>American medical botany</i>, are the first two American botanical publications with colored illustrations. Barton's contains hand-colored copperplate engravings.
Barton, William P. C. (William Paul Crillon), 1786-1856
M. Carey & Son
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still image
Curry-Paxton style perimeter, 1920-1956
Bausch and Lomb
Perimeter
Metal
Eye
Vision, ocular
Hospitals
Ophthalmology
Bausch and Lomb
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object
physical object
Warren Anatomical Museum Catalog Number: 21549
Collection of microscope lenses and objectives belonging to Roderick Heffron, 1930-1950
Roderick Heffron
Microscopes
Microscopy
Bausch and Lomb Optical Company
James W. Queen and Company
R. and J. Beck
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object
physical object
WAM 21755
The American practice of medicine
Title pages
Beach, W. (Wooster), 1794-1868
Botany, Medical
Materia medica
Medicine, Eclectic
In reaction to the harsh practices of regular physicians and also the sweating and purging regimens of Thomsonianism, Wooster Beach developed his own botanical medical system which evolved into medical eclecticism, one of the most popular sectarian movements of the 19th century. The three volume <i>American practice of medicine</i> was later abridged into a single volume, <i>The family physician</i>, and both titles passed through numerous editions.
Beach, W. (Wooster), 1794-1868
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English
text
DigID0002549
Letter to Dr. Folkman from Dr. Fred Becker
Folkman, M. Judah
Correspondence
Becker, Frederick F.
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 obnoxious, biased and superficial presentation of your studies."
Becker, Frederick F.
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English
text
DigID0004452
Becton Dickinson Catalog, pages 30–31
Needles
Anesthesia, Spinal
Equipment and Supplies
A 1927 Becton Dickinson Catalog, pages 30 and 31, with images and a list of needles for sale.
Becton Dickinson
Becton Dickinson & Co., Rutherford, N.J.
1927
text
Becton, Dickinson, and Company Luer tuberculin syringe, 1930-1940
Roderick Heffron
Syringes
Tuberculin
Becton, Dickinson, and Company
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physical object
WAM 21754
A group of deaf-mute families from Maine
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922
Eugenics
Genealogical tables
As part of his research on deafness, Alexander Graham Bell made statistical analyses of the deaf-mutes and determined that deafness was hereditary and that the number of intermarriages between deaf-mutes was high and growing. He concluded that <em>“if the laws of heredity that are known to hold in the case of animals also apply to man, the intermarriage of congenital deaf-mutes through a number of successive generations should result in the formation of a deaf-mute variety of the human race…. The indications are that the congenital deaf-mutes of the country are increasing at a greater rate than the population at large; and the deaf-mute children of deaf-mutes at a greater rate than the congenital deaf-mute population.”</em>Bell went on the speculate about the possibility of legislation to forbid the intermarriage of deaf-mutes but favored determining the causes of intermarriage and discouraging or removing them.
<p>Bell presented his findings to the National Academy of Sciences on November 13, 1883, and his work was subsequently printed as part of the Academy’s Memoirs series. This copy of Bell’s Memoir formerly belonged to Dr. Henry Pickering Bowditch.</p>
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922
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English
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0001936
Left Lateral View of Vertebrae of President James A. Garfield
Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), approximately 1849-1893
E2003.1.41
Charles Guiteau
Guiteau, Charles J. (Charles Julius), 1841-1882
Photographs
Portraits
Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), approximately 1849-1893.
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English
still image
An attempt to investigate some obscure and undecided doctrines in relation to small-pox, varioloid and vaccination
Bell, Luther Vose, 1806-1862
Inscriptions
Bookplates
The endpapers of this short work on smallpox vaccination contain a bookplate of Dr. Addison Marshall Clark (1857-1919), an Ohio surgeon, along with an 1894 inscription from Dr. Howard A. Kelly (1853-1943), presenting it to William Osler as <em>“a small addition to your Americana.”</em> It was then given by Osler to Joseph Hersey Pratt in 1905 who intended to give it to the Osler Library at McGill University in 1930 but then also presented it to Dr. Conrad Wesselhoeft of Boston, in 1943, before its donation to the Boston Medical Library.
Bell, Luther Vose, 1806-1862
Marsh, Capen and Lyon
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English
text
DigID0002841
John F. Reardon
Reardon, John F.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care--Pictorial works.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care -- Case studies.
Medicine, Military -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works.
Medicine, Military -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies.
Surgery, Operative -- Pictorial works.
Surgery, Operative -- Atlases.
Bell, William (photographer)
Washington, D.C. : Surgeon General's Office.
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DigID0001540
"Photograph no. 6. Head and six inches of shaft of right humerus successfully excised for gunshot fracture."
Reardon, John F.
Medicine, Military -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works.
Medicine, Military -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care -- Pictorial works.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care -- Case studies.
Surgery, Operative -- Atlases.
Surgery, Operative -- Pictorial works.
Bell, William (photographer)
Washington, D.C. : Surgeon General's Office, [1865-1881]
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DigID0001541
"Photographic series, no. 58. Case of Corporal Bemis, thrice severely wounded in three battles."
Bemis, Edson D.
Medicine, Military -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works.
Medicine, Military -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies.
Surgery, Operative -- Atlases.
Surgery, Operative -- Pictorial works.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care -- Pictorial works.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care -- Case studies.
Bell, William (photographer)
Washington, D.C. : Surgeon General's Office, [1865-1881]
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DigID0001542
"Photographic series no. 101. Group of officers, who have undergone amputation for gunshot injuries."
Houghton, Charles H.
Whaley, Edward A.
Lowenstein, Moretz
Humphreys, W. H. (William Henry)
Maxwell, George R., 1842-1889
Weeks, W. C.
Turke, J. G.
Porter, C. P.
Medicine, Military -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works.
Surgery, Operative -- Atlases.
Surgery, Operative -- Pictorial works.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care -- Pictorial works.
Amputees
Bell, William (photographer)
Washington, D.C. : Surgeon General's Office, [1865-1881]
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DigID0001543
"Photographic series no. 134. Recovery after amputation of the right thigh, the leg having been carried away by a cannon ball."
Greene, Charles T.
Bell, William (photographer)
Washington, D.C. : Surgeon General's Office, [1865-1881]
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DigID0001544
"Photograph no. 261. Successful secondary excision of the head of the femur for gunshot injury."
Read, C. F.
Bell, William (photographer)
Washington, D.C. : Surgeon General's Office, [1865-1881]
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DigID0001545
"Thank You" from Belmont High School
Correspondence
Hospital and community
Bombings
[Link to large image file at bottom of page]
From a collection of cards and objects sent to the Brigham and Women's Hospital by well-wishers after the terrorist bombing of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. The collection represents a fraction of the items of support, sympathy, and encouragement sent from all over the country for the survivors of the attack, and the medical people who took care of them. Many of the cards and objects were handmade by children.
Belmont High School
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Brigham and Women's Hospital
image
English
physical object
Dickinson-Belskie model of the swing of the uterus
Dickinson, Robert Latou, 1861-1950
Belskie, Abram, 1907-1988
Uterus
Reproduction
Models, Anatomic
Models, Educational
Cleveland Health Museum
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Dickinson, Robert Latou, 1861-1950
Belskie, Abram, 1907-1988
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physical object
WAM 20522
Dickinson-Belskie "Birth Series 7B" model of fetus, 1939-1950
Dickinson-Belskie Collection
Dickinson, Robert Latou, 1861-1950
Belskie, Abram, 1907-1988
Models
Fetus
Parturition
Dickinson, Robert Latou, 1861-1950
Belskie, Abram, 1907-1988
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model
physical object
WAM 20509
Bust of Robert Latou Dickinson, 1946
Dickinson-Belskie Collection
Dickinson, Robert Latou, 1861-1950
Belskie, Abram, 1907-1988
Wood
Models
Bust
Belskie, Abram, 1907-1988
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model
physical object
WAM 20511
The New Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School
Bergengren, Ralph
Excerpts
Articles
Bergengren, Ralph
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English
text
DigID0002615
Lilium Medicinae; De Phlebotomia
Bernard, de Gordon, approximately 1260-approximately 1318
Manuscripts (document genre)
Judaica
Excerpts
Bernard de Gordon taught in the medical faculty at Montpellier, which was a refuge for Jewish students from Spain. The <i>Lilium Medicinae</i>, written in 1303 and first printed in Naples in 1480, must have been well-known and well-used, as there were 7 editions printed before 1501. The text is notable for including one of the first descriptions of a truss for inguinal hernia. The <i>De Phlebotomia</i> is exceedingly rare, with only 4 manuscript copies known.
<p>
From the Prince Dietrichstein Library.
Bernard, de Gordon, approximately 1260-approximately 1318
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text
Hebrew
DigID0002793
Laryngoscope placement in a newborn
Anesthesia
Intubation
Laryngoscopes
Figure 33 <em>from Obstetrical Anesthesia, Its Priciples and Practice,</em> Bert B. Hershenson, MD demonstrates the first step in intubating a newborn—placement of the laryngoscope.
Bert B. Hershenson, MD
Charles C. Thomas Publisher
1955
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English
Rare books, 1.Mh.1955.I, Harvard Medical Library collection, Center for the History of Medicine in the Francis A. Countway Library, Harvard University
Sven Paulin's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center memorial program
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Beth Israel Hospital
Memorials
Paulin, Sven
Programs (documents)
Radiologists
Radiology
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, 2014. Beloved Husband, Father & Grandfather, Exceptional Physician, Mentor & Friend."
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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text
DigID0005088-0005091
Program for Sven Paulin's 85th birthday celebration and 5th annual Sven Paulin Lecture
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Beth Israel Hospital
Magnetic resonance imaging
Paulin, Sven
Programs (documents)
Radiologists
Radiology
Roos, Albert de, 1953-
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 welcome and remarks were given by Dr. Phillip Boiselle, Dr. Warren Manning, and Mr. Magnus Paulin.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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English
text
DigID0005102-0005105
Poster for the 5th annual Sven Paulin Lecture and Sven Paulin's 85th birthday celebration
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Beth Israel Hospital
Magnetic resonance imaging
Paulin, Sven
Posters
Radiologists
Radiology
Roos, Albert de, 1953-
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 welcome and remarks were given by Dr. Phillip Boiselle, Dr. Warren Manning, and Mr. Magnus Paulin.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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English
text
DigID0005106
Beth Israel Invitation
Beth Israel Hospital (Boston, Mass.)
Bibring, Grete L. (Grete Lehner), 1899-1977
Invitations
A reception was held for Dr. Bibring’s retirement and was granted the title Psychiatrist-in-Chief <i>Emerita</i>.
Beth Israel Hospital (Boston, Mass.)
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Dr. Bibring with her first son George
Bibring, Edward, 1894-1959 (photographer)
Bibring, Grete L. (Grete Lehner), 1899-1977
Bibring, George
Photographs
The mother-son portrait was most likely taken by the family photographer, Edward Bibring.
Bibring, Edward, 1894-1959
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Letter from Edward Bibring
Bibring, Edward, 1894-1959 (author)
Bibring, Grete L. (Grete Lehner), 1899-1977
Correspondence
Edward and Grete were partners in all aspects of their lives. They began their journey together in medical school and continued to support one another both personally and professionally. They were faced with new challenges as Edward
Bibring, Edward, 1894-1959
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text
Letter from George Bibring to his parents
Bibring, George (author)
Bibring, Grete L. (Grete Lehner), 1899-1977
Bibring, Edward, 1894-1959
Correspondence
George wrote frequently with his mother in his youth, however, in later years he corresponded more with his father.
Bibring, George
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text
Psychodynamic Personality Theory II
Bibring, Grete L. (Grete Lehner), 1899-1977
Harvard Medical School
Lecture notes
Bibring, Grete L. (Grete Lehner), 1899-1977
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text
The Educated Woman
Bibring, Grete L. (Grete Lehner), 1899-1977
Notes
Dr. Bibring constructed outlines of each Radcliffe seminar discussion that she directed. She also noted the group dynamic of the seminar by sketching the seating arrangement for each meeting.
Bibring, Grete L. (Grete Lehner), 1899-1977
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text
A Study of the psychological processes in pregnancy and of the earliest mother-child relationship
Bibring, Grete L. (Grete Lehner), 1899-1977
Beth Israel Hospital (Boston, Mass.)
Title pages
One of Dr. Bibring
Bibring, Grete L. (Grete Lehner), 1899-1977
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text
Psychiatry and social work
Bibring, Grete L. (Grete Lehner), 1899-1977
Title pages
According to Dr. Bibring, integrating psychiatric methods into all forms of patient care was essential for a successful recovery. The key was to understand both internal and external factors effecting personality traits and based upon that, determine the best course of treatment.
Bibring, Grete L. (Grete Lehner), 1899-1977
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Letter to Princess Marie Bonaparte
Bibring, Grete L. (Grete Lehner), 1899-1977 (author)
Bonaparte, Marie, Princess, 1882-1962
Correspondence
Dr. Bibring was a close colleague to one of the regal members of the psychoanalytic community, Princess Marie Bonaparte of Greece. They corresponded frequently and attended many of the International Psychoanalytic Association meetings together.
Bibring, Grete L. (Grete Lehner), 1899-1977
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text
Menu Notebook
Bibring, Grete L. (Grete Lehner), 1899-1977
Lists (document genres)
She kept detailed notes on all of her dinners, teas, and other social gatherings she hosted. Included in these notes were dates, attending guests, menus and recipes. Dr. Bibring began to expand her culinary talents as a way to deal with the growing tension in Vienna at the beginning of the Nazi regime.
Bibring, Grete L. (Grete Lehner), 1899-1977
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text
Painting by Thomas Bibring
Bibring, Thomas
Paintings (visual works)
Dr. Bibring kept close correspondence with her sons George and Thomas while they attended school. She saved many of the letters and drawings that they sent throughout her lifetime.
Bibring, Thomas
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Note from Thomas Bibring
Bibring, Thomas (author)
Bibring, Grete L. (Grete Lehner), 1899-1977
Correspondence
Dr. Bibring
Bibring, Thomas
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Portions of humerus removed for an ununited fracture after gunshot wound
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care
Osteopathic medicine
Gunshot wounds
human remains
Case history:From an unidentified soldier whose arm was shattered by gunshot in mid-April 1862. Immediately after the injury fragments were removed from the arm, the ends of the fractured bone were sawed off, and fit together. After six months without union, the bones were sawed again and subsequently wired together, but without effect.
The soldier entered Massachusetts General Hospital on November 3, 1865. At that time the arm swung freely without pain. Surgeon Henry Jacob Bigelow removed three more pieces of bone with a trephine, scraped the interiors with a gouge, wired the two sections together, and splinted the arm exterior. No union occurred.
On March 1, 1866 Bigelow performed a second operation with further bone removal and wiring resulting in a stiffening of arm, but patient fell on June 10, 1866 and re-broke the humerus. On January 12, 1867 a third operation was performed with further wiring resulting in paralysis of the upper arm, although no nerve was known to be severed. This operation resulted in union of the fracture but the paralysis continued. The post-operative arm was seven inches shorter than the patient's healthy arm.
Inscription: Historical tag "1008 Civil War" attched to preparation; "Civil War 1008 12-3 [MH or WH]" written on the underside of the base in pencil.
Bigelow, Henry Jacob (physician)
Morrison, Paul (photographer)
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physical object
01008
Insensibility during Surgical Operations Produced by Inhalation
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Warren, John Collins, 1778-1856
Letters to the editor
Anesthesia
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
<p>On October 16, 1846, at Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. John Collins Warren performed the first public operation on a patient under ether anesthesia administered by dentist William T. G. Morton. Dr. Henry Jacob Bigelow witnessed the event and described the operation to the Boston Society for Medical Improvement on November 9. His account, printed in <em>The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal</em> on November 18, is the first medical publication on this groundbreaking achievement.</p>
<p>In Dr. Bigelow's account, the patient, Gilbert Abbott, stated that <em>"the pain was considerable, though mitigated."</em> Dr. John Collins Warren, in an article published in <em>The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal</em> on December 9, said, <em>"Being asked immediately afterwards whether he had suffered much, he said that he had felt as if his neck had been scratched; but subsequently, when inquired of by me, his statement was, that he did not experience pain at the time, although aware that the operation was proceeding."</em> It was only a second operation, performed on the following day, that had a completely successful etherization.</p>
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
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text
Teaching watercolor of a woman and her skeleton, after John Shaw's Distortions of Spine, by Oscar Wallis, 1848-1854
Henry Jacob Bigelow Watercolor Collection
Wallis, Oscar
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Harvard Medical School Department of Anatomy
Fitz, Reginald, 1885-1953
Spine
Spinal Curvatures
Scoliosis
Femur
Scapula
Ribs
Ilium
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Wallis, Oscar
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WAM 21142.177
Teaching watercolor of hanging local subject with hip injury, 1848-1854
Henry Jacob Bigelow Watercolor Collection
Wallis, Oscar
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Harvard Medical School Department of Anatomy
Fitz, Reginald, 1885-1953
Skin
Hair
Hip
Wounds and Injuries
Neck
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Wallis, Oscar
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WAM 21142.180
Teaching watercolor of femoral and inguinal hernias, after J. Lebaudy's The Anatomy of the Regions Interested in the Surgical Operations Performed upon the Human Body, 1848-1854
Henry Jacob Bigelow Watercolor Collection
Wallis, Oscar
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Harvard Medical School Department of Anatomy
Fitz, Reginald, 1885-1953
Skin
Hernia, Femoral
Hernia, Inguinal
Spermatic Cord
Fascia
Ilium
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Wallis, Oscar
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WAM 21142.252
Teaching watercolor of male with inguinal hernia, after Richard Quain's The Anatomy of the Arteries of the Human Body, 1848-1854
Henry Jacob Bigelow Watercolor Collection
Wallis, Oscar
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Harvard Medical School Department of Anatomy
Fitz, Reginald, 1885-1953
Skin
Arteries
Epigastric Arteries
Veins
Psoas Muscles
Hernia
Spermatic Cord
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Wallis, Oscar
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WAM 21142.253
Teaching watercolor of aneurysm in arm, after Charles Bell's Practical Essays, 1848-1854
Henry Jacob Bigelow Watercolor Collection
Wallis, Oscar
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Harvard Medical School Department of Anatomy
Fitz, Reginald, 1885-1953
Skin
Arm
Blood Vessels
Arteries
Aneurysm
Muscles
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Wallis, Oscar
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WAM 21142.305
Teaching watercolor of man with surgically opened chest, 1848-1854
Henry Jacob Bigelow Watercolor Collection
Wallis, Oscar
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Harvard Medical School Department of Anatomy
Fitz, Reginald, 1885-1953
Muscles
Skin
Tendons
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Wallis, Oscar
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WAM 21142.410
Teaching watercolor of microscopic view of human cells, 1848-1854
Henry Jacob Bigelow Watercolor Collection
Wallis, Oscar
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Harvard Medical School Department of Anatomy
Fitz, Reginald, 1885-1953
Cells
Erythrocytes
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Wallis, Oscar
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WAM 21142.411
Teaching watercolor of microscopic view of human cells, 1848-1854
Henry Jacob Bigelow Watercolor Collection
Wallis, Oscar
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Harvard Medical School Department of Anatomy
Fitz, Reginald, 1885-1953
Cells
Erythrocytes
Neoplasms
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Wallis, Oscar
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WAM 21142.412
Teaching watercolor of microscopic view of human cells, 1848-1854
Henry Jacob Bigelow Watercolor Collection
Wallis, Oscar
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Harvard Medical School Department of Anatomy
Fitz, Reginald, 1885-1953
Cells
Erythrocytes
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Wallis, Oscar
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WAM 21142.413
Teaching watercolor of microscopic view of human cells, 1848-1854
Henry Jacob Bigelow Watercolor Collection
Wallis, Oscar
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Harvard Medical School Department of Anatomy
Fitz, Reginald, 1885-1953
Cells
Erythrocytes
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Wallis, Oscar
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WAM 21142.414
Teaching watercolor of arteries of the arm and hand, after Richard Quain's The Anatomy of the Arteries of the Human Body, 1848-1854
Henry Jacob Bigelow Watercolor Collection
Wallis, Oscar
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Harvard Medical School Department of Anatomy
Fitz, Reginald, 1885-1953
Muscles
Skin
Tendons
Arteries
Ulnar Artery
Brachial Artery
Radial Artery
Arm
Forearm
Hand
Elbow
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Wallis, Oscar
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WAM 21142.415
Teaching watercolor of man with surgically dissected face and neck, 1848-1854
Henry Jacob Bigelow Watercolor Collection
Wallis, Oscar
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Harvard Medical School Department of Anatomy
Fitz, Reginald, 1885-1953
Muscles
Skin
Tendons
Arteries
Face
Ear
Nose
Hair
Mouth
Neck
Neck Muscles
Facial Muscles
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Wallis, Oscar
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WAM 21142.416
Teaching watercolor of microscopic view of human cells, 1848-1854
Henry Jacob Bigelow Watercolor Collection
Wallis, Oscar
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Harvard Medical School Department of Anatomy
Fitz, Reginald, 1885-1953
Cells
Erythrocytes
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Wallis, Oscar
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WAM 21142.417
Teaching watercolor of microscopic view of human cells, 1848-1854
Henry Jacob Bigelow Watercolor Collection
Wallis, Oscar
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Harvard Medical School Department of Anatomy
Fitz, Reginald, 1885-1953
Cells
Erythrocytes
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Wallis, Oscar
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WAM 21142.418
Teaching watercolor of external and microscopic view of human cells from mass in neck, 1848-1854
Henry Jacob Bigelow Watercolor Collection
Wallis, Oscar
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Harvard Medical School Department of Anatomy
Fitz, Reginald, 1885-1953
Cells
Erythrocytes
Neck
Neoplasms
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Wallis, Oscar
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WAM 21142.419
Teaching watercolor of human tissue, external and microscopic views, 1848-1854
Henry Jacob Bigelow Watercolor Collection
Wallis, Oscar
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Harvard Medical School Department of Anatomy
Fitz, Reginald, 1885-1953
Cells
Erythrocytes
Skin
Hair
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Wallis, Oscar
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WAM 21142.420
Teaching watercolor of mass on mouth, external and microscopic views, 1848-1854
Henry Jacob Bigelow Watercolor Collection
Wallis, Oscar
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Harvard Medical School Department of Anatomy
Fitz, Reginald, 1885-1953
Cells
Erythrocytes
Neoplasms
Mouth
Lip
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Wallis, Oscar
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WAM 21142.421
Teaching watercolor of pelvic organs and arteries of the male body, after Richard Quain's The Anatomy of the Arteries of the Human Body, 1848-1854
Henry Jacob Bigelow Watercolor Collection
Wallis, Oscar
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Harvard Medical School Department of Anatomy
Fitz, Reginald, 1885-1953
Pelvis
Pelvic Bones
Ilium
Ischium
Coccyx
Arteries
Rectum
Urinary Bladder
Psoas Muscles
Peritoneum
Ureter
Iliac Artery
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Wallis, Oscar
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WAM 21142.422
Head cast of Phineas Gage made during his life, 1850
Gage, Phineas
casting (process)
Frontal Lobe
Brain Injuries
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Plaster head cast of a man with significant head trauma. Cast is attached to plaster pedestal base and the entire work is painted white.
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
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physical object
WAM 00950
Discussion of Phineas Gage in Correspondence of Henry J. Bigelow to Dr. Jewett
Gage, Phineas
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Showman
Neurosciences
Brain -- Wounds and injuries
Brain -- Localization of functions
Head Injuries, Penetrating
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 medical research.
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
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English
text
00012_013_003_ref
"Dr. Harlow's Case of Recovery from the Passage of an Iron Bar through the Head"
Gage, Phineas
Harlow, J. M. (John Martyn), 1819-1907
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
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 recovery. Bigelow notes this could be a "remarkable" case for brain injuries.
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890
Lea & Blanchard
text
English
text
BoneBox_Gage_003_ref
List of Patients Who Have Inhaled Ether or Chloroform for Surgical Operations in the Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital.
Ether.
Chloroform.
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890.
List of patients who have inhaled ether or chloroform for surgical operations in the Massachusetts General Hospital up to April 1, 1848, furnished by H. J. Bigelow, M.D.
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890.
United States. Congress. House. Select committee to whom was referred the memorial of Dr. William T.G. Morton. William T. G. Morton, sulphuric ether. Report ... Feb. 23, 1849. [Washington, 1849]
text
English.
text
22.C.57
Insensibility during Surgical Operations Produced by Inhalation
Ether.
Anesthesia.
Massachusetts General Hospital.
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890.
Article from the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal describing first surgical operations using ether anesthesia.
Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890.
text
English.
text
1.Mvp.5
American medical botany
Etchings (prints)
Bigelow, Jacob, 1786-1879
Materia medica
Botany, Medical
Ginseng
In addition to being a detailed examination of plants native to the United States with their medicinal uses, <em>American medical botany</em> is the first publication in this country to employ a color printing process for its plates, using an innovative etched stone process. Jacob Bigelow, Harvard's professor of materia medica, hoped to decrease reliance on foreign imported medicinal substances by substitution of domestic compounds: <em>"Several departments of the Materia Medica may be amply supplied from our own forests and meadows, although there are others, for which we must as yet depend on foreign countries. We have yet to discover our anodynes and our emetics.... A great number of foreign drugs, such as gentian, columbo, chamomile, kino, catechu, cascarilla, canella, &c. for which we pay a large annual tax to other countries, might in all probability be superceded by the indigenous products of our own."</em> The plate displayed shows <em>panax quinquefolium</em> [ginseng].
Bigelow, Jacob, 1786-1879
Cummings and Hilliard
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Portrait of Oliver Wendell Holmes
Portraits
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894
Billings, E. T. (artist)
Holmes said of this portrait, which was acquired by the Boston Medical Library at the time of his book collection and displayed in the original Holmes Hall, <em>“It is there; the age is there; the wrinkles are there. It is a likeness. It is the portrait of an old man, dew-lap and all.”</em> He later wrote, <em>“I consider Mr. Billings’ portrait of myself an excellent likeness and so far as I can judge a good painting. I have had many pictures and photographs taken, but it seems to me that no one of them has been so satisfactory as this.”</em>
Billings, E. T. (Edwin Tryon), 1824-1893.
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DigID0002123
Lucius Manlius Sargent
Sargent, Lucius Manlius, 1826-1864
Lucius M. Sargent, an 1857 graduate of Harvard Medical School, was an accomplished draughtsman and was appointed the first artist of the Massachusetts General Hospital. At the beginning of the war, he became a surgeon with the 2nd Massachusetts Volunteers, then joined the 1st Massachusetts Cavalry in October, 1861, where he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Black & Case, Photographic Artists
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DigID0001533
"Harvard Doctor Hits Female Discrimination," The Boston Globe
Hay, Elizabeth D., 1927-2007
Sex discrimination in employment
Women in medicine
Black, Herbert
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English
text
DigID0001626
Zabdiel Boylston Adams (1829-1902)
Adams, Zabdiel Boylston, 1829-1902
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Albumen prints
Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
United States. Army. -- Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 7th (1861-1864)
A graduate of Harvard Medical School in 1853, Zabdiel Boylston Adams enlisted in 1861, joining the 7th Massachusetts Volunteers as an assistant surgeon. He was later a captain with the 56th Massachusetts Volunteers. Adams was wounded at Orange Plank Road during the Battle of the Wilderness and taken captive, spending four months in Confederate prisons in Virginia. After the war he had a medical practice in Framingham, Mass. and was medical examiner of the Eighth Middlesex District from 1890 to 1902. He was an ardent advocate of vaccination.
Black, J. W. (photographer)
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DigID0001523
Phrenology: the Science of the Mind, the Student's Enchyridion
Phrenology
Blackford, J. P.
Title pages
Designed for students and a testament to the enduring interest in phrenology, this manual attempts to reconcile phrenology with anatomy and "to demonstrate the possibility of the accurate localisation of the phrenological organs in the brain, upon the external surface of the living head". The author, J. P. Blackford, was a past-president of the British Phrenological Society and active in its educational programs. According to his obituary, his head had a 22-inch circumference while the "shape of his brow indicated he was a keen and accurate observer, fond of detailed knowledge, and distinctly scientific in his methods of investigation. He was a penetrative reader of character, the study of human nature having a special fascination for him."
Blackford, J. P.
J. M. Severn
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English
text
Crocheted blanket from Blankies for Boston
Correspondence
Hospital and community
Bombings
[Link to large image file at bottom of page]
From a collection of cards and objects sent to the Brigham and Women's Hospital by well-wishers after the terrorist bombing of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. The collection represents a fraction of the items of support, sympathy, and encouragement sent from all over the country for the survivors of the attack, and the medical people who took care of them. Many of the cards and objects were handmade by children.
Blankies for Boston
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Brigham and Women's Hospital
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English
physical object
Certificate from Blue Grass Airport
Blue Grass Airport
Certificates
Guttmacher, Alan F. (Alan Frank), 1898-1974
Guttmacher traveled to urban and rural destinations as Planned Parenthood President. He lectured on the importance of birth control, met with local family planning leaders, and appeared at Planned Parenthood affiliate offices.
Blue Grass Airport
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English
text
Celluloid shirt collar
Collars (neckwear)
Weiss, Soma, 1899-1942
Blue Ribbon
<p>This collar was worn by a Boston streetcar motorman who was subject to attacks of dizziness and loss of consciousness on the job. Upon examination at Massachusetts General Hospital, it was determined that when the motorman turned his head, his stiff shirt collar pressed against the right carotid sinus, triggering a fainting attack. <em>"Pulse and blood pressure measurements were made with the patient turning his head from side to side while wearing one of his celluloid collars. These movements caused pressure on the carotid sinuses, and resulted in slight slowing of the heart rate, fall in blood pressure as much as 40mm. Hg systolic, sometimes dizziness, but not fainting. The patient was advised to wear a soft collar, which he has done for the past month. In that time has had no more attacks of dizziness or fainting."</em></p>
<p>Dr. Soma Weiss (1899-1942) described this case in his article, <em>"Carotid sinus reflex in health and disease,"</em> published in <em>Medicine</em>, v. 12 (1933).</p>
Blue Ribbon
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WAM 20131
Letter from Herrman L. Blumgart
Blumgart, Herrman L. (Herrman Ludwig), 1895-1977 (author)
Bibring, Grete L. (Grete Lehner), 1899-1977
Correspondence
Dr. Blumgart was the Physician-in-Chief at Beth Israel Hospital that requested Grete to develop and head the psychiatric department in the mid 1940s.
Blumgart, Herrman L. (Herrman Ludwig), 1895-1977
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English
text
Reports of the Museum
Boardman, Waldo Elias, 1851-1922
Harvard University. Dental School. Museum
Reports
Boardman, Waldo Elias, 1851-1922
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text
DigID0002334
DigID0002335
DigID0002336
DigID0002337
Boerhaave's Medical Correspondence, containing the Various Symptoms of Chronical Distempers
Boerhaave, Herman, 1668-1738
Inscriptions
Coffin, John G. (John Gorham), 1769-1829
Boston Medical Library (1805-1826)
Boerhaave, Herman, 1668-1738
Printed for John Nourse
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English
DigID0002721
Homeopathic physician's catalogue
Boericke & Tafel
Title pages
Homeopathy
Sales catalogs
1880 physician's catalogue and price current of homœopathic medicines and books, surgical instruments, and other articles pertaining to a physician's outfit for sale by Boericke & Tafel
Boericke & Tafel
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English
text
DigID0002223
Boericke & Tafel exhibit at the Centennial Exhibition
Boericke & Tafel
Frontispieces (illustrations)
Exhibition booths
Homeopathy
From the 1877 physician's catalogue and price current of homœopathic medicines and books, surgical instruments, and other articles pertaining to a physician's outfit for sale by Boericke & Tafel, this engraving shows the Boericke and Tafel exhibit at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, and opposite is a description of the exhibit.
Boericke & Tafel
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English
still image
DigID0002224
DigID0002225
Dr. Joseph E. Murray reads his favorite poem
Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903.
Murray, Joseph E., 1919-
Poetry.
Bogosian, Theodore (producer)
Other Murray videos are available as part of the <a href="http://discovery.lib.harvard.edu/?itemid=|library/m/aleph|007872506" target="_blank">Joseph E. Murray Papers</a> in the Center for the History of Medicine.
moving image
https://vimeo.com/55124916
Head mirror, 1910-1955
Folkman, M. Judah
Medical Instruments
Mirrors
Otolaryngology
Boilo
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physical object
WAM 21317
Anulus astronomicus
Bonet, de Lates, -1514 or 1515
Incunabula
Woodcuts (prints)
Judaica
Astronomical instruments
Excerpts
Frontispieces (illustrations)
Bonet de Lates was a Provençal physician and astrologer who settled in Rome, where, in addition to acting as physician to Popes Alexander VI and Leo X, he served the Jewish community as a rabbi. He is best known for his invention of the ring-shaped astronomical dial, described in this work, which could measure the altitudes of the sun and stars, as well as the time of day or night. This is said to be the first printed illustration of a scientific instrument. Bonet also wrote a treatise entitled <em>“Prognosticum”</em> (Rome, 1498), in which he predicted the coming of the Messiah in 1505.
Bonet, de Lates, -1514 or 1515
Andreas Freitag
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Latin
DigID0002777
DigID0002778
Letter from Gonzalo Bosch to Carola Eisenberg
Eisenberg, Carola
Gonzalo, Bosch
Correspondence
"I have the pleasure to write to you to inform you that the National Commission for Culture in its last session has been awarded a grant to improve studies on child psychiatry in the United States of North America. To congratulate you on the distinction, I greet you with my most distinguished consideration."
Bosch, Gonzalo
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Spanish
text
DigID0003057
Summons to Charles T. Jackson and others, January 1, 1850. Page 01-02.
Jackson, Charles T. (Charles Thomas), 1805-1880.
Lewis, Winslow, 1799-1875.
Medical jurisprudence.
Parkman, George, 1790-1849.
Webster, John White, 1793-1850.
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 December 2, 1849. The letter from Charles T. Jackson, describing some of the chemical findings, was addressed to Winslow Lewis, who headed a committee charged with making a post-mortem report which was then used as evidence in the 1850 trial of John White Webster for the murder of George Parkman. Winslow Lewis, Charles T. Jackson, and other members of the medical committee were examined as part of the proceedings on March 20 and 21.
Boston (Mass.). Municipal Court.
Lloyd E. Hawes collection of autographed letters, 1791-1967.
text
English
text
H MS c1 [uncataloged additions].
Catalogue of Books in the Boston Athenaeum
Boston Athenaeum
Book catalogs
Excerpts
Green, John O. (John Orne), 1799-1885
Boston Medical Library (1805-1826)
Just after it absorbed the Boston Medical Library, the Athenaeum issued a published catalogue of its holdings. In this copy, owned by Dr. John Orne Green in 1835, faint pencil notations can be discerned next to most of the entries for the Boston Medical Library books. The shelf numbers—1504 through 1575—give some indication of the size of the collection.
<p>The entry for Jean Fernel's <em>Medicina</em> (1554) can be seen here on p. 117.</p>
Boston Athenaeum
William L. Lewis
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English
DigID0002733
World's Largest Tooth Now Owned by Harvard
Boston Globe
Harvard University. Dental School. Museum
Articles
Boston Traveler
In 1929, Boston newspapers ran some unusual articles on the latest acquisition of the Dental Museum. This was no human Tooth, but a mastodon's tusk estimated to be 50,000 years old. Over 11 feet long and weighing 300 pounds, it was one of the largest such specimens ever found. On a trip to Alaska, Adelbert Fernald obtained the tusk from a prospector who discovered it in a bank of the Porcupine River, beyond the Arctic Circle. The mastodon's tusk traveled by dogsled and boat and ultimately found its way to Harvard's Dental Museum. The current whereabouts of the mastodon tusk are, however, unknown.
Boston Globe and Boston Traveler
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DigID0002332
Oral history interview with Roy Arruda
Arruda, Roy
Chronic illness
Experience of illness
Hemophilia
Hemophilia -- Patients
Oral history
Roy Arruda was born in 1960 in the Azores
His older brother, who also had hemophilia, died of complications from AIDS in 1995. Roy, who is not married, works as a nursing assistant with people who have AIDS. He is an avid hiker on the Appalachian Trail and a recreational all-terrain vehicle driver. Roy has often spoken publicly about his and his family’s experience coping with AIDS. He has severe factor VIII deficiency, HIV and Hepatitis C
Boston Hemophilia Center Oral History Project, A Gift of Experience
Arruda, Roy
Harland, Christine
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audio
English
text
sound
H MS c228
Oral history interview with Avida
Avida
Chronic illness
Experience of illness
Hemophilia
Hemophilia -- Patients
Oral history
Avida was born in Massachusetts in 1964. At the age of nine he moved to Michigan
He has an advanced degree in psychology and is currently working to grow a nonprofit community arts and wellness center in Massachusetts
He has severe hemophilia, is HIV positive, has Hepatitis C and is healthy and happy (5-H Club)
Boston Hemophilia Center Oral History Project, A Gift of Experience
Avida
Harland, Christine
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Oral history interview with Wendell Bourne
Bourne, Wendell
Chronic illness
Experience of illness
Hemophilia
Hemophilia -- Patients
Oral history
Wendell Bourne was born in 1948 in Cambridge, Massachusetts
He is married and has four children and one grandson with
hemophilia
Mr. Bourne is the director of multicultural education for Kindergarten through 12th grade in the Cambridge school system. He is an African-American whose faith has been an enormous resource in handling life’s challenges. He has severe Factor VIII deficiency and Hepatitis C
Boston Hemophilia Center Oral History Project, A Gift of Experience
Bourne, Wendell
Gray, Laura
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audio
English
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sound
H MS c228
Oral history interview with Clifford Deschenes
Deschenes, Clifford
Chronic illness
Experience of illness
Hemophilia
Hemophilia -- Patients
Oral history
Cliff Deschenes was born in 1954 in Lawrence, Massachusetts
He works in electronics at Wang Laboratories and is married with two children. One nephew has hemophilia
He has learned to take one day at a time so as not to get too frustrated. Cliff has severe Factor VIII deficiency, HIV and Hepatitis C
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Oral history interview with Michael Donovan
Donovan, Michael
Chronic illness
Experience of illness
Hemophilia
Hemophilia -- Patients
Oral history
Michael Donovan was born in Boston, Massachusetts
in 1962. After his father left the family, Mr. Donovan’s mother moved to Houlton, Maine and, later, to Whitman, Massachusetts, where Mr. Donovan went to school
He has a degree in electronics and has worked for many years in auto repair at a dealership
One of his two brothers passed away from HIV. He is not married, travels at every opportunity and enjoys competing in poker tournaments. He has moderate factor VIII deficiency and Hepatitis C
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Oral history interview with Michael Dowling
Dowling, Michael
Chronic illness
Experience of illness
Hemophilia
Hemophilia -- Patients
Oral history
Michael Dowling is a single man who was born in 1960 in St. Albans, Vermont
He has been very active in the HIV and hemophilia
community. He learned of his positive HIV status when a public health official told him from his car in a parking lot “You’re positive and have a good day!" He owns his own business and is in love. He has severe factor VIII deficiency, HIV and Hepatitis C
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Dowling, Michael
Gray, Laura
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Oral history interview with Jeryl Drummey
Drummey, Jeryl
Chronic illness
Experience of illness
Hemophilia
Hemophilia -- Patients
Oral history
Jeryl Drummey was born in 1941 in Brighton, Massachusetts
Married with one daughter, he worked for ten years in a bookstore and then for twenty-five years for a distributor of women’s clothing. Jeryl feels strongly that health providers must treat the person and not just the disease. He has moderate Factor VIII deficiency
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Gray, Laura
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Oral history interview with Andrew Flagg
Flagg, Andrew
Chronic illness
Experience of illness
Hemophilia
Hemophilia -- Patients
Oral history
Andrew Flagg was born in Massachusetts in 1959. His father was a plant manager at a plastics firm and his mother was a bookkeeper. He has two older sisters. His grandfather died from complications of hemophilia when Mr. Flagg was eight years old. Mr. Flagg took his Bachelor’s degree in Biology in Boston and his Master’s in Biology in Ohio. Married with two step-children, he works as a medical writer. Mr. Flagg has severe Factor VIII deficiency, HIV and Hepatitis C
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Harland, Christine
Flagg, Andrew
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Oral history interview with Theodore Frost
Frost, Theodore
Chronic illness
Experience of illness
Hemophilia
Hemophilia -- Patients
Oral history
Theodore Frost was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts
in 1915. Theodore, who was married but had no children, worked as a carpenter most of his life. He has many memories of years spent in the hospital when he was a child and the miracle of Factor VIII when it arrived. He has mild Factor VIII deficiency
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Gray, Laura
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Oral history interview with Robert Jarratt
Jarratt, Robert
Chronic illness
Experience of illness
Hemophilia
Hemophilia -- Patients
Oral history
Robert Jarratt is a married man who was born in 1943 in Tennessee
He is married and has a daughter. Bob was diagnosed when he was in the Air Force and the confirmation of his diagnosis ended his military career. After open- heart surgery in the mid-1990s, Mr. Jarrett volunteered for the New England Hemophilia Association because he wanted to give something back for all the support and care he received from the hemophilia community. He has moderate Factor IX deficiency
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Oral history interview with Christopher Kucinski
Kucinski, Christopher
Chronic illness
Experience of illness
Hemophilia
Hemophilia -- Patients
Oral history
Christopher Kucinski was born in 1949 in Brockton, Massachusetts
Married with four children, Chris grew up in a family of ten, seven of whom had hemophilia
Chris was loved deeply by his family and was a beacon of hard work and positive thinking. He died in 2005. He had severe Factor IX deficiency, HIV and Hepatitis C
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Gray, Laura
Kucinski, Christopher
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Oral history interview with David LePage
LePage, David
Chronic illness
Experience of illness
Hemophilia
Hemophilia -- Patients
Oral history
David LePage was born in 1963. David is single and lives alone. He has dealt with mental and physical challenges throughout his life. He has been a public speaker about his experiences living with chronic illness and has found that his faith has been an enormous support. He has severe Factor VIII deficiency, HIV and was successfully treated for Hepatitis C
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