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The army hymn
This patriotic musical poem was first printed in the June issue of The Atlantic monthly and also as part of a program for a prize-giving ceremony at the Boston Latin School on May 25, 1861, just a few weeks after Confederate forces began firing on…
The Anatomy of the Absorbing Vessels of the Human Body
William Cruickshank's study of the lymphatic system was presented to the Boston Medical Library by its first librarian, Dr. John Fleet (1766-1813)
The Amputation
Rowlandson's derision of the medical profession is illustrated by a group of doctors attempting an amputation.
The American practice of medicine
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…
The American herbal, or materia medica
"Promulgated for the purpose of spreading medical light and information in America," Samuel Stearns' herbal is the first to be printed in the United States and incorporates information from the traditions of American Indians.
The Aesculapiad
These photographs show members of the Class of 1971 in anatomy lectures and the dissecting room.
Tetrabiblos (Quadripartite)
The Tetrabiblos examines the influence of the stars on human affairs.
Testing the second Drinker Respirator, 1928
This is the first respirator ever made for clinical use being tested on the roof of the Harvard School of Public Health in 1928. It was utilized for the first time on October 12, 1928 at Children’s Hospital, Boston to successfully restore breathing…
Testimonies of Medical Students at Harvard to Horace Wells' Demonstration
Testimonial letters of William M. Cornell and Mason M. Miles in defense of Horace Wells.
Test tube rack
From a set of two boxes of lantern slides by Dr. Robert Battey Greenough, covering his service in 1915 with the First Harvard Unit and the American Ambulance in France during World War I.
Telegram to Charles W. Eliot from Sir William Osler
Although invited to the dedication, physician Sir William Osler—who had just been named Oxford's Regius Professor of Medicine—could not attend, but did telegraph his congratulations.
Teased nerve fixed in osmic acid, magnified twenty times
Microscope slide of a human nerve, teased out and fixed in osmic acid. Nerve image is magnified twenty times
Teaching watercolors of early appearances of entry and exit gunshot wounds
After Medical and surgical history of the War of the Rebellion, plates 39 and 40
Teaching watercolor showing two views of the crural arch on the left side, one with bones and ligaments only, and the other with the addition of muscles, nerves, and vessels
After Thomas George Morton's The surgical anatomy of the principal regions of the human body, The Groin, pages 85 and 87
Teaching watercolor showing the torso of a female with cancer of many kinds of tissue and the various sizes and types of tumors
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, vol. 2, liv. 32, pl. 4
Teaching watercolor showing the circular dilation of the internal abdominal ring and the changed position of the epigastric artery caused by an inguinal hernia
After Thomas George Morton's The surgical anatomy of the principal regions of the human body, Inguinal Herniae, figures no. 4 and 5
Teaching watercolor showing several views of tumors in the bone of the skull
Possibly after plate 15 of an unidentified source
Teaching watercolor showing interior layers of coagular of an enormous aneurysm of the descending aorta, an aneurysm of the carotid, and the contraction of the aorta
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, vol. 2, liv. 40, pl. 3
Teaching watercolor showing dislocations and a fracture at the elbow
After Astley Cooper's A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints (A New Edition, Much Enlarged, 1842), pages 440 and 463
Teaching watercolor showing diseases of the rectum
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, vol. 2, liv. 25, pl. 3
Teaching watercolor showing an oblique inguinal hernia where the two sacs are beside each other
After J. B. D. Demeaux's Recherches sur l'evolution du sac herniaire suivies de considerations chirurgicales sur les complications auxelles il pent donner lieu, plate 4
Teaching watercolor showing an inguinal hernia where one sac is within the wall of the other
After J. B. D. Demeaux's Recherches sur l'evolution du sac herniaire suivies de considerations chirurgicales sur les complications auxelles il pent donner lieu, plate 6
Teaching watercolor showing a severely distorted spine and ribs
After John Shaw's Engravings illustrative of a work on the nature and treatment of the distortions to which the spine and the bones of the chest are subject, plate 4
Teaching watercolor showing a severe bend in the spine with the ankylosis of five vertebrae and a healed spine that suffered from fracture and dislocation
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, vol. 1, liv. 4, pl. 4
Teaching watercolor showing a damaged pelvis and femur
After Astley Cooper
Teaching watercolor showing a cross section of the vertebrae in an angular curvature of the spine
After Robert Druitt's The principles and practice of modern surgery, page 317
Teaching watercolor of woman with large growth on right side of neck under the ear and jaw
Possibly after a local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of woman with a dislocated shoulder
After Astley Cooper's A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints (A New Edition, Much Enlarged, 1842), page 364
Teaching watercolor of various problems of the colon and natural artificial anus
After Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery's Traite complet de l'anatomie de l'homme, plate 33
Teaching watercolor of vaginal hysterectomy with clamps
After J. M. Baldy's American text-book of gynecology, plate XIX
Teaching watercolor of umbilical hernias
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, vol. 2, liv. 24, pl. 6
Teaching watercolor of two ununited fractures of the femur
After Astley Cooper's A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints (A New Edition, Much Enlarged, 1842), pages 129 and 173
Teaching watercolor of two femoral hernias
After J. B. D. Demeaux's Recherches sur l'evolution du sac herniaire suivies de considerations chirurgicales sur les complications auxelles il pent donner lieu, plate 5
Teaching watercolor of tumors throughout the left arm
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, vol. 2, liv. 30, pl. 5
Teaching watercolor of tumors on the back of a male patient
Possibly of a local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of tumors in the lower arm and hand
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, vol. 2, liv. 23, pl. 3 and 4
Teaching watercolor of tumor at actual size
Possibly of a local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of true and false keloid scars
After Jean-Louis-Marie Alibert's Description des maladies de la peau, v.2, plates after pg. 36
Teaching watercolor of total abdominal hysterectomy
After J. M. Baldy's American text-book of gynecology, plate XXVI and XXVII
Teaching watercolor of tongue ulcers and papules caused by venereal disease
After Philippe Ricord's Traite complet des maladies veneriennes, plate 35
Teaching watercolor of tongue neoplasms
Possibly from a local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of three badly healed injuries to the femur
After Astley Cooper's A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints, plate 14
Teaching watercolor of the uterine, ovarian, and pudic arteries
After Richard Quain's The anatomy of the arteries of the human body and its applications to pathology and operative surgery, plate 63
Teaching watercolor of the tunica vaginalis and the vessels of the spermatic cord from a scrotal hernia
After Thomas George Morton's The surgical anatomy of the principal regions of the human body, Inguinal Herniae, figures no. 6 and 11
Teaching watercolor of the three-part sheath of the femoral vessels
After Thomas George Morton's The surgical anatomy of the principal regions of the human body, The Groin, plate 4
Teaching watercolor of the thigh cut horizontally at the midpoint to show muscles, bone, nerves, and blood vessels
After Alfred Velpeau's Traite complet d'anatomie chirurgicale, generale et topographique du corps humain, plate 16
Teaching watercolor of the testis before and immediately after its descent
After Thomas Blizard Curling's A practical treatise on the diseases of the testis, pages 57 and 60
Teaching watercolor of the superficial bursae over the joints of the fingers and toes
After James Syme's The Principles of Surgery, plate 12
Teaching watercolor of the structure of the crural ring in the groin
After Thomas George Morton's The surgical anatomy of the principal regions of the human body, The Groin, plate 5, figure 1
Teaching watercolor of the spermatic cord going through the inguinal canal and the testis resting in the scrotum
Possibly after Thomas George Morton's The surgical anatomy of the principal regions of the human body
Teaching watercolor of the sheath of the fascia transversalis of the spermatic cord
After Thomas George Morton's The surgical anatomy of the principal regions of the human body, Inguinal Herniae, figure no. 2
Teaching watercolor of the saphenous opening of the fascia lata and the saphena vein, with and without the cribriform fascia
After Thomas George Morton's The surgical anatomy of the principal regions of the human body, The Groin, pages 102 and 104
Teaching watercolor of the reparation of fractures, resulting in both united and ununited fractures
After Edward Stanley's Illustrations of the effects of disease and injury of the bones, plate 23
Teaching watercolor of the removal of a cancerous goiter
After Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery's Traite complet de l'anatomie de l'homme, volume 7, plate 26, figure 4
Teaching watercolor of the region of the Axilla on the left side following the removal of the adipose and cellular tissue
After Thomas Wormald's A series of anatomical sketches and diagrams, plate 17
Teaching watercolor of the posterior wall of the inguinal canal and a view, from within, of the neck of the sac of a direct or internal inguinal hernia
After Thomas George Morton's The surgical anatomy of the principal regions of the human body, Inguinal Herniae, no. 3 and 9
Teaching watercolor of the posterior wall of the inguinal canal
After Thomas George Morton's The surgical anatomy of the principal regions of the human body, Inguinal Hernia, plate 3
Teaching watercolor of the muscles, nerves, and blood vessels of the inner elbow
After Thomas Wormald's A series of anatomical sketches and diagrams, plate 18
Teaching watercolor of the muscles of the neck, chest, jaw, and clavicle
AfterThomas Wormald's A series of anatomical sketches and diagrams, plate 6
Teaching watercolor of the muscles of clubfeet
Probably after Vincent Duval's Traite pratique du pied-bot, Charles Phillips's Die subcutane Durchschneidung der Sehnen, oder, Die Operationen, welche zur Heilung der Klumpf
Teaching watercolor of the lower arm cut horizontally near the elbow to show muscles, bone, nerves, and blood vessels
After Alfred Velpeau's Traite complet d'anatomie chirurgicale, generale et topographique du corps humain, plate 17
Teaching watercolor of the later stages of hip disease, showing the apparent shortening of the leg on the diseased side
After Robert Druitt's The principles and practice of modern surgery, page 269
Teaching watercolor of the internal surface of the abdominal parietes
After Thomas George Morton's The surgical anatomy of the principal regions of the human body, Inguinal Hernia, plate 4
Teaching watercolor of the interior of a tumor
Possibly from local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of the external signs of various types of hernias in females
After Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery's Traite complet de l'anatomie de l'homme, vol. 7, plate 36
Teaching watercolor of the effects of tuberculosis on the spine
After Auguste Nelaton's Recherches sur l'affection tuberculeuse des os, plate 2
Teaching watercolor of the effect of a twisted curvature of the spine in females
After Sir Charles Bell's Practical Essays, vol. 2, pages 125 and 126
Teaching watercolor of the dislocation of the ulna at the elbow
After Astley Cooper's A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints (A New Edition, Much Enlarged, 1842), page 450
Teaching watercolor of the dislocation of the radius
After Astley Cooper's A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints (A New Edition, Much Enlarged, 1842), pages 452 and 459
Teaching watercolor of the dislocation of the elbow and wrist
After Astley Cooper's A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints (A New Edition, Much Enlarged, 1842), pg. 459 and 484
Teaching watercolor of the degeneration of the tibia and marrow caused by syphilis
After Philippe Ricord's Traite complet des maladies veneriennes, plate 28 bis.
Teaching watercolor of the creation of an artificial anus
After Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery's Traite complet de l'anatomie de l'homme, vol. 7, plate 43
Teaching watercolor of the coverings of the sac of an oblique or external inguinal hernia
After Thomas George Morton's The surgical anatomy of the principal regions of the human body, Inguinal Herniae, plate 5
Teaching watercolor of the bones of clubfeet
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, vol. 1, liv. 2, pl. 4
Teaching watercolor of the blood vessels in the right side of the neck
Possibly of local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of the appearance of vessels in the web of a frog's foot after the addition of water
After Addison's Physiological Researches, plate 2
Teaching watercolor of the abnormal dilation of the subcutaneous abdominal veins
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, vol. 1 liv. 16, plate 6
Teaching watercolor of stomach neoplasms
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, vol. 2, liv. 37, pl. 3
Teaching watercolor of skull deformed near the right eye socket
Possibly from local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of skin tumor with microscopic view
Possibly from local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of skin neoplasms, a man's head with skin cancer near the mouth, and a magnified view of skin cancer ulcer
After Jean-Louis-Marie Alibert's Description des maladies de la peau, v.2, plate between pages 45 and 46, and after Carl Thiersch's Der Epithelialkrebs namentlich der Haut atlas, table VI
Teaching watercolor of skin disorder on the back of the neck, and of a star-shaped open wound
Possibly from a local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of shoulder dislocation
After Astley Cooper's A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints, plates 21 and 22
Teaching watercolor of scar tissue, tumors, and abnormality of the nerves
After Jean Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain, vol. 2, liv. 35, pl. 2