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Kermes Minerale
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…
Potassae Carbonus Impurus
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…
Extractum Stramonium
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…
Carum Carvi
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…
Semina Cardamom
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…
Balsam Styrax Benzoin
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…
Dulcamara
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…
Oral History and a Transcript for an Interview with Alvin Poussaint, Perspectives of Change
Alvin F. Poussaint is Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Director of the Office of Recruitment & Multicultural Affairs at Harvard Medical School. Images are used with permission for Perspectives of Change: The Story…
Mildred Fay Jefferson
Mildred Fay Jefferson (1926-2010) was born on April 4, 1926 in Pittsburg, Texas. She earned her bachelor's degree from Texas College at age 16, and earned her master's degree from Tuft's University in 1947.
She entered Harvard Medical School as…
She entered Harvard Medical School as…
William Augustus Hinton
William A. Hinton (1883-1959) was born on December 15, 1883 in Chicago, Illinois. His parents were both enslaved. He entered Harvard College in 1902 and graduated in 1905. Between undergrad and medical school, Hinton taught at Walden University in…
Martin Robison Delany
Martin Robison Delany (1812-1885) was born in Virginia, his father was enslaved while his mother was a free woman. Delany applied to Harvard Medical School at age 38, and had applied to several medical schools. He was a student of Latin and Greek,…
Procedures for the Resolution of Sexual Harassment and Unprofessional Conduct Problems, 1989
This document was created and provided by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, describing options and resources available to any member of the Faculty of Arts and Science community who believed that he or…
Inventory to the American Dental Association Department of Library Services records, 1885-2011 (inclusive), 1925-2011 (bulk)
A inventory (spreadsheet/xls) of the American Dental Association Department of Library Services records created by Center for the History of Medicine staff.Click to download:Inventory to the American Dental Association Department of Library Services…
"The iron instruments used in the abominable traffic, the slave trade."
Engraving showing instruments used to hobble slaves.
"A slave at work with a head frame and mouth piece to prevent his eating, collar, spurs, &c with a 56 pound weight fastened to his body to prevent his absconding."
Engraving of a slave at work with a weight and mouth gag.
Joint Committee on the Status of Women wins Sharon P. Clayborne Staff Award, 2012
In 2012, the Joint Committee on the Status of Women was awarded the Sharon P. Clayborne Staff Diversity Award. Pictured are JCSW 2011-2012 Staff Co-Chair, Aun Em and 2010-2011 Staff Co-Chair, Darla White with Dean Jeffrey S. Flier after receiving…
Alice Hamilton
Alice Hamilton was the first woman appointed to the faculty at Harvard University, and founder of occupational medicine. M.D. University of Michigan, 1893. Studied pathology and bacteriology at the Universities of Leipzig and Munich, Germany,…
Ida Henrietta Hyde in her laboratory at the University of Heidelberg, 1896
Ida Henrietta Hyde in her laboratory at the University of Heidelberg, 1896.
Raquel E. Cohen's Certificate of Matriculation to Harvard Medical School
Raquel E. Cohen's Certificate of Matriculation to Harvard Medical School, dated February 23 1945. Cohen was a member of Harvard Medical School's first coeducational class.
Raquel E. Cohen's Letter of Acceptance to Harvard Medical School
Raquel E. Cohen's Letter of Acceptance to Harvard Medical School, dated February 16, 1945. Cohen was a member of Harvard Medical School's first coeducational class.
Harriot Kezia Hunt
Harriot Kezia Hunt (1805-1875) was a medical practitioner who trained under Dr. Richard Dixon and Elizabeth Mott. She opened her own medical consulting room in Boston in 1835 without a diploma. She applied to Harvard Medical School for the first time…
First class of women admitted to Harvard Medical School, 1945
Photograph of the first class of women admitted to Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1945.
Front row: Ladislas Dolores Wojcik; Doris Ruth Rubin; Ellen Ann Schwartz; Martha Joan Kern Caires; and Marjorie Jane Kirk.
Second row: JoAnn…
Front row: Ladislas Dolores Wojcik; Doris Ruth Rubin; Ellen Ann Schwartz; Martha Joan Kern Caires; and Marjorie Jane Kirk.
Second row: JoAnn…
"Many changes made in personnel of Base Hospital No. 5, the Harvard Unit"
Newsclipping from the Boston Herald, September 29, 1918.
"Honor Harvard '17 Medical Unit"
Private Oscar C. Tugo enlisted on May 7, 1917; he was killed as a night orderly during the air raid on Base Hospital No. 5 on September 4, along with Lieutenant William Fitzsimons, Privates Rudolph Rubino, Jr., and Leslie G. Woods. On October 18,…
The Vanguard : First in France (May 1918)
A monthly newsletter from the personnel of Base Hospital No. 5--the first publication from the American Expeditionary Forces--began to appear in November 1917. The issue displayed commemorates a year's anniversary since the departure for France and…
"Memorial to dead of Base Hospital 5, Harvard." October 12, 1928.
Private Oscar C. Tugo enlisted on May 7, 1917; he was killed as a night orderly during the air raid on Base Hospital No. 5 on September 4, along with Lieutenant William Fitzsimons, Privates Rudolph Rubino, Jr., and Leslie G. Woods. On October 18,…
"The Oscar C. Tugo Circle, October 18, 1921."
Private Oscar C. Tugo enlisted on May 7, 1917; he was killed as a night orderly during the air raid on Base Hospital No. 5 on September 4, along with Lieutenant William Fitzsimons, Privates Rudolph Rubino, Jr., and Leslie G. Woods. On October 18,…
"Third Harvard Unit is Off to France," May 20, 1916.
Mary Blanche Wallace (1892-1979) of Woburn served as a nurse with the third Harvard Surgical Unit, working at General Hospital No. 22 from June 11, 1916, to June 9, 1917. She then returned to France in April 1918 as a member of the American Red…
Harvard Unit armband, May 1916.
Armband worn by members of the Harvard Surgical Unit en route to France during World War I.
Mary Blanche Wallace (1892-1979) of Woburn served as a nurse with the third Harvard Surgical Unit, working at General Hospital No. 22 from June 11, 1916,…
Mary Blanche Wallace (1892-1979) of Woburn served as a nurse with the third Harvard Surgical Unit, working at General Hospital No. 22 from June 11, 1916,…
Field Medical Card, May 1917.
As wounded soldiers were evacuated from the battlefield for hospital treatment, each was issued a field medical card for identification with a brief diagnosis or assessment; the card was in a window envelope and tied to the individual, with red-edged…
Concerning Base Hospital No. 5 : a Book Published for the Personnel of Base Hospital No. 5, France, 1917-18-19.
Concerning Base Hospital No. 5 was, according to its editors, originally conceived "on the same idea of a college year book, to contain personal write-ups of every member of the unit…. Steps were immediately taken to get together pen sketches of…
Record of Patient 2146 at the Harvard University Service,
American Ambulance Hospital, June 1915.
Over 2000 detailed records of patients treated by the Harvard Unit at Neuilly have been preserved along with photographs and X-rays. Patient 2146 had a perforating shrapnel wound of the upper right arm followed by gas gangrene--the first such…
The Vanguard : First in France
A monthly newsletter from the personnel of Base Hospital No. 5--the first publication from the American Expeditionary Forces--began to appear in November 1917. The issue displayed commemorates a year's anniversary since the departure for France and…
"Honor Harvard '17 Medical Unit"
Private Oscar C. Tugo enlisted on May 7, 1917; he was killed as a night orderly during the air raid on Base Hospital No. 5 on September 4, along with Lieutenant William Fitzsimons, Privates Rudolph Rubino, Jr., and Leslie G. Woods. On October 18,…
“Plunged in Front of an ‘L’ Train,” May 18, 1896.
As this newspaper article reports, nineteen year old Benjamin Stone of New York, afflicted with headaches, threw himself in front of a train and committed suicide. The article is part of a five-volume collection of newspaper accounts of several…
Paper crane messages
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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…
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…
Shoelace messages
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…
"Love. Hope. Peace. Comfort"
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…
Letter from young amputee
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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…
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…
"Dear Citizen"
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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…
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…
"Get whale soon!"
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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…
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…
"Finish Strong"
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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…
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…
"Be Strong"
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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…
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…
"Thank You!"
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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…
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…
"Hope you feel Better"
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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…
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…
"B for Boston"
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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…
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…
"Get Well Soon" from Emma
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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…
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…
"Keep calm and eat a cupcake!"
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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…
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…
"Dear Survivor"
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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…
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…
Card from Maryanne from Virginia
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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…
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…
"Get Well Soon" from Caroline
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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…
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…
"Boston"
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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…
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…
"I Hope You And Your Family are Safe"
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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…
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…
Humerus with ununited fracture
Catalog entry: Ununited fracture about the middle of the humerus, several large, irregular masses of bone having been formed about the fractured extremities.
"The Douglass patent artificial limbs."
Douglass' advertising pamphlet for his artificial limbs makes a point that, unlike the Salem leg, "these limbs have never been dependent upon the Government for their support, but are thoroughly established on the real and intrinsic merits of the…
"The Salem leg, under the patronage of the United States government for the use of the army."
The injuries and amputations of Civil War soldiers fostered a booming industry in the manufacture and marketing of artificial limbs. The Salem Leg Company—Dr. Edward Brooks Peirson was the president of its board—achieved early prominence due to its…
Mounted eagle skeleton, 1851 [WAM 00161]
The articulated skeleton of an adult eagle mounted onto a base.
Head Cast of William Burke, 1829 [WAM 03386.002]
A hollow plaster cast of a man's head and neck. Cast has section lines, possible phrenological, sculpted onto head. Mounted on base.
Agenda from the first meeting of a new chest society
In the late 1960s, Fleischner and a small group of radiologists began to organize a thoracic radiology society. When the society was formally created in December 1969, Fleischner's colleagues named it the Fleischner Society, in memory of the…
Photograph of Felix Fleischner, Radiologist-in-Chief, Emeritus, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston
Felix Fleischner was a Clinical Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School and the first full-time radiologist and Department Head at Beth Israel Hospital. Fleischner's research areas included pulmonary embolism, bronchiectasis, and emphysema.…
Program for the Postgraduate Course, "Chest Radiology"
The first Fleischner Lecture was given by Leo Rigler at the March 1971 Postgraduate Course held in Williamsburg, Virginia. The Fleischner Society annual meetings are held in conjunction with the Postgraduate Course.
Lauriston Sale Taylor using a capacitance compensator in a laboratory
Taylor began his career as a radiation physicist at the National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology) to help organize an x-ray research program. While at the NBS, Taylor developed the first guarded-field…