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La singolare dottrina
The 16th century treatise, La singolare dottrina of Domenico Romoli of Florence, describes food and herbs, recipes, and diet for the use of the "scalco" or Renaissance house steward in Italy. This copy includes two plates of cooking apparatus which…
Engraving of Skeleton
This unusual copper engraving is one of the earliest printed representations of the human skeleton, predating Andreas Vesalius' De humani corporis fabricaby nearly half a century. Only two other specimens are known.
The engraving appears to be only…
Stage eight Ziegler human embryological model
Colored wax model of human embryo mounted onto pedestal base. Model shows dissected view of embryo A named after its physician-donors, Ahlfeld and Leipzig. Part of eight piece model series created by Friedrich Ziegler in accordance with Wilhelm His.
Stage seven Ziegler human embryological model
Colored wax model of human embryo mounted onto pedestal base. Model shows dissected view of embryo A named after its physician-donors, Ahlfeld and Leipzig. Part of eight piece model series created by Friedrich Ziegler in accordance with Wilhelm His.
Stage six Ziegler human embryological model
Colored wax model of human embryo mounted onto pedestal base. Model shows dissected view of embryo Lr named after its physician-donors, Lomer and Leipzig. Part of eight piece model series created by Friedrich Ziegler in accordance with Wilhelm His.
Stage five Ziegler human embryological model
Colored wax model of human embryo mounted onto pedestal base. Model shows dissected view of embryo Lr named after its physician-donors, Lomer and Leipzig. Part of eight piece model series created by Friedrich Ziegler in accordance with Wilhelm His.
Stage three Ziegler human embryological model
Colored wax model of human embryo mounted onto pedestal base. Model shows dissected view of embryo BB named after it's physician-donors, Bischoff and Basel. Part of eight piece model series created by Friedrich Ziegler in accordance with Wilhelm His.
Stage two Ziegler human embryological model
Colored wax model of human embryo mounted onto pedestal base. Model shows dissected view of embryo BB named after it's physician-donors, Bischoff and Basel. Part of eight piece model series created by Friedrich Ziegler in accordance with Wilhelm His.
Stage one Ziegler human embryological model
Colored wax model of human embryo mounted onto pedestal base. Model shows dissected view of embryo BB named after it's physician-donors, Bischoff and Basel. Part of eight piece model series created by Friedrich Ziegler in accordance with Wilhelm…
Ziegler chick embryological model
Colored wax model of early chick development mounted onto pedestal base. Model shows dissected view of chick. Part of twenty-three piece model series created by Adolf Ziegler in accordance with Wilhelm His.
Stage nine Ziegler chick embryological model
Colored wax model of early chick development mounted onto pedestal base. Model shows dissected view of chick at ninth stage, four days. Part of twenty-three piece model series created by Adolf Ziegler in accordance with Wilhelm His.
Stage eight Ziegler chick embryological model
Colored wax model of chick embryo mounted onto pedestal base. Model shows dissected view of chick at eighth stage, three days. Part of twenty-three piece model series created by Adolf Ziegler in accordance with Wilhelm His.
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.
Handbuch der plastischen Chirurgie
In this comprehensive manual on the history and practice of reconstructive surgery, Zeis coins the term “plastic surgery” as a specialty. The volume was recently digitized as part of the Medical Heritage Library project.
Letter from Moses Younglove to Sylvanus Fansher
In response to an inquiry from Sylvanus Fansher (1770-1846), New York physician Moses Younglove sent this letter describing his experiences with smallpox and cowpox inoculation. Younglove claims to have inoculated over 1,400 individuals with only six…
Title page of Observations on the epidemic now prevailing in the city of New-York by Christopher C. Yates.
Title-page of Observations on the epidemic now prevailing in the city of New-York by Christopher C. Yates.
"Advice to the planters of the southern states", Pages 037-039.
Advice on the medical care of slaves in the southern states.
Morrill Wyman "Airmeter," 1867-1903
Wooden handled brass "airmeter" (anemometer). Airmeter is in metal case around fan section. Airmeter has open metal circle affixed to wooden handle. Metal circle has two diameter-long metal poles with small metal and paper fan (four pieces) inside.…
The Story of the Iron Lung comic
"The Story of the Iron Lung" was one story published in The Treasure Chest of Fun & Fact, Vol. 7, No. 13, a Catholic comic book published by George A. Pflaum of Dayton, Ohio which provided inspirational stories to Catholic parochial school…
Reminiscences
At the time of his death, Dr. Alfred Worcester—a member of the Harvard College Class of 1878—was the University’s oldest living graduate. He was also an 1883 graduate of the Medical School. In the 1940s, Dr. Worcester composed his…
Oral history interview with Deborah German (captioned video, audio, and transcript).
Oral history interview of Dr. Deborah German, conducted by Arlene Macdonald in five sessions between 2022 May 11and 2022 June 10 (total running time 5H54M11S). Dr. German describes her upbringing in an Italian American Catholic family, her…
Oral history interview with Catherine DeAngelis (captioned video, audio, and transcript).
Oral history interview of Dr. Catherine DeAngelis, conducted by Tacey A. Rosolowski conducted in five sessions between 22 December 2020 and 04 February 2021 (total running time 4h47m49s). Dr. DeAngelis describes her family life, experiences in…
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.
Letter from “Woman’s Activities” to Hannah Stone
Stone received letters from women of various backgrounds requesting information on safe and legal birth control.
Photograph of a microscope slide from an unknown Camp Devens Case
An image of a microscope slide. This image is included with Wolbach's photographs from his research at Camp Devens, but no case number is recorded
Photograph of the upper lobe of a right lung from Camp Devens Case 211
An image of the upper lobe of a right lung showing chronic bronchitis, peribronchitis, alveolar emphysema, and thickening of the interlobular septa
Photograph of a lung slide from Camp Devens Case 198
An image of a lung slide showing signs of chronic bronchitis and peribronchitis not affected by the initial lesions
Photograph of the left lung from Camp Devens Case 211
An image of a left lung
Photograph of a lung from Camp Devens Case 225
An image of a lung showing lobar pneumonia following influenza pneumonia
Photograph of the lower lobe of a right lung from Camp Devens Case 212
An image of the lower lobe of a right lung with gangrene following the formation of a bronchiectatic abcess
Photograph of a right lung from Camp Devens Case 195
An image of a portion of a right lung with secondary pneumonia
Photograph of a lung slide from Camp Devens Case 204
An image of a lung with interstitial emphysema
Photograph of a microscope slide from Camp Devens Case 183
An image of a microscope slide showing clumps of influenza bacillia in the mucus membrane of a lung
Photograph of a lower lung from Camp Devens Case 198
An image of the lower lobe of a lung showing confluent bronchopneumonia
Photograph of a rectus muscle slide from Camp Devens Case 216
An image of a rectus muscle slide. The muscle was ruptured and hemorrhaged.
Photograph of a lung slide from Camp Devens Case 218
An image of a slide of a full lung that shows organizing bronchopneumonia.
Photograph of a microscope slide from Camp Devens Case 193
An image of a microscope slide from a patient who died of influenza
Photograph of a right lung from Camp Devens Case 224
An image of a right lung slide with the caption, "CAMP DEVENS CASE 224. RIGHT LUNG. EXTENSIVE ORGANIZATION WITH BRONCHIEC- / TASES. ORGANIZING BRONCHIAL PNEUMONIA. BRONCHITIS AND PERIBRONCHITIS. / ALVEOLAR EMPHYSEMA FROM A CASE WITH EMPHYSEMA OF…
Photograph of a lung slide from Camp Devens Case 223
An image of a lung slide with the caption, "CAMP DEVENS CASE 223. CHRONIC BRONCHITIS. BRONCHIECTASES, PERIBRONCHITIS / AND BRONCHOPNEUMONIA. THE ORIGINAL ALVEOLAR EMPHYSEMA IS SHOWN AT APEX. / BACTERIOLOGY BACILLUS INFLUENZAE. DURATION 23 DAYS FROM…
A photograph of the right lung from Camp Devens Case 223
A photograph of the lower lobe of a right lung with the caption, "CAMP DEVENS CASE 223. LOWER LOBE RIGHT LUNG. EXTENSIVE NECROSIS AND / ORGANIZATIONS. BRONCHIECTATIC ABSCESSES. ALVEOLAR AND INTERSTITIAL / EMPHYSEMA. BACTERIOLOGY BACILLUS INFLUENZAE.…
Photograph of a microscope slide from Camp Devens Case 223
An image of a microscope slide with the caption, "CAMP DEVENS CASE 223. ORGANIZATION OF EXUDATE IN BRONCHUS AND ORGANIZING / PERIBRONCHITIS. BACTERIOLOGY BACILLUS INFLUENZAE. DURATION 22 DAYS FROM / INITIAL SYMPTOMS."
Photograph of a microscope slide from Camp Devens Case 219
An image of a microscope slide with the caption, "CAMP DEVENS CASE 219. CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, WITH ORGANIZING PERIBRONCHITIS. / ALVEOLAR EMPHYSEMA AND INTERSTITIAL EMPHYSEMA. EMPHYSEMA OF MEDIASTINUM / BACTERIOLOGY CABILLUS INFLUENZE. DURATION 21 DAYS…
Photograph of a microscope slide from Camp Devens Case 214
An image of a microscope slide with the caption "CAMP DEVENS CASE 214. LOBAR PNEUMONIA SECONDARY TO INFLUENZA PNEUMONIA. / THE HYALIN FIBRINOUS DEPOSIT OUTLYING EMPHYSEMATOUS ALVEOLI OF THE INITIAL / INVOLVEMENT IS DISTINCTLY SEEN. BACTERIOLOGY…
Photograph of a microscope slide from Camp Devens Case 192
An image of a microscope slide showing acute alveolar emphysema with hyalin fibrin deposit, which is characteristic of the initial stage of influenza pneumonias. The duration of the illness was 10 days from the initial symptoms.
An account of the foxglove
Although the use of extracts from the foxglove in cases of dropsy had been common, William Withering was the first to analyze preparations of the plant scientifically and so isolated digitalis. Withering's An account of the foxglove describes over…
The dissecting room
This lithographic print is based on an original watercolor by Thomas Rowlandson now in the collection of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. It is believed to depict William Hunter (1718-1783) leading students in anatomical dissections in his…
Satirical engravings
Physicians and the practice of medicine were common subjects for humorous illustrators and caricaturists in the early 19th century. Charles Williams, who worked for the London publisher and print seller, S. W. Fores, produced this set of four…
Questions intended for Charles Lowell
A set of questions intended for Charles Lowell to answer regarding the case Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes, in which he sued his physicians over a dislocated hip bone.
Oliver Wendell Holmes at Beverly Farms
Photograph of Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) at Beverly Farms, taken by William Henry Rideing (1853-1918) in October 1887
Miscellaneous Works of the Late Robert Willan
Robert Willan's observations on the history of smallpox as well as his detailed records of the diseases he saw and treated in London from 1796 to 1800 would have been of considerable interest to the physicians of Boston. Here, Willan discusses the…
Aberrant visual projections in the Siamese cat
In 1981, Harvard researchers David H. Hubel and Torsten N. Wiesel shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine with Roger W. Sperry of Caltech for their discoveries relating to information processing in visual systems. This article on the Siamese cat,…
Drawing of U.S. Base Hospital No. 6.
World War, 1914-1918.
Plan of No. 22 General Hospital (Camiers, France), 1916.
Plan of No. 22 General Hospital drawn by Paul Dudley White.
Sketch of Base Hospital No. 6 by Paul Dudley White.
A sketch of the plan of Base Hospital No. 6 from the diary of Paul Dudley White, May 1918.
Exercise Tests for Soldiers from the Diary of Paul Dudley White, July 1918.
While attached to Base Hospital No. 6 in the summer of 1918, Paul Dudley White examined and analyzed convalescent gassed soldiers to determine their fitness for return to duty. He devised a number of respiratory and exercise tests for the soldiers,…
Diagram of the Tent of Paul Dudley White, 1916.
A sketch of the tent of Paul Dudley White at No. 22 General Hospital, Camiers, 1916, from his diary.
Cardiologist Paul Dudley White went overseas to France in August 1916 as a member of the supplement to the Third Surgical Unit, working for…
Cardiologist Paul Dudley White went overseas to France in August 1916 as a member of the supplement to the Third Surgical Unit, working for…
A Case of Shell-Shock from the Diary of Paul Dudley White, September 27, 1916.
Cardiologist Paul Dudley White went overseas to France in August 1916 as a member of the supplement to the Third Surgical Unit, working for several months with the B.E.F. at General Hospital No. 22. He then returned the following year as part of the…
Draft of a Letter : Boston, Mass., to F. F. Simpson, Washington, D.C., February 17, 1917.
At the request of the Council of National Defense, Paul Dudley White outlined five critical observations following his months at General Hospital No. 22 and made suggestions for improvements of potential use to American medical forces as entry into…
An Introductory Lecture Delivered before the Medical Class of Harvard University
Introductory lectures to new medical students were customary at the opening of each academic year and often printed in pamphlet form or, as here, in the pages of a medical journal. James C. White cautions the students against specializing too early…
Medical Education : New Professorships in the Medical Department of Harvard University
The challenge to reform American medical education and bring it closer to the higher standards current in Europe started even before this editorial appeared in the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. James C. White, a member of the faculty of the…
First and Second Year in Medical School
Harvard professor James C. White was also a graduate of the Medical School. In 1898, at a meeting of the Vienna Club, he read these extracts from a diary he kept while at Harvard from 1853 until 1855. His entry for October 8, 1853, notes, “Many…
Notes on anatomy lectures taken by Edward A. Whiston
Edward Andem Whiston (1838-1909) of Framingham received a medical degree from Harvard in 1861, then served as a surgeon with the 1st and 16th regiments of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. He was later the port physician of…
