Warren Anatomical Museum
Dublin Core
Title
Warren Anatomical Museum
Description
Artifacts and objects from the collections of the Warren Anatomical Museum.
In accordance with the wishes of Dr. John Collins Warren, by whom the founding collection was given to the Harvard Medical School, the Warren Anatomical Museum undertakes to maintain these collections, to add to them when feasible, and to make them available and useful for the study of medicine, anthropology, and the history of science. The Museum seeks to continue in the tradition of promoting the collection for the purposes of medical education in all forms whenever possible, as well as expand its scope to provide public programming and educational resources to the larger community.
In accordance with the wishes of Dr. John Collins Warren, by whom the founding collection was given to the Harvard Medical School, the Warren Anatomical Museum undertakes to maintain these collections, to add to them when feasible, and to make them available and useful for the study of medicine, anthropology, and the history of science. The Museum seeks to continue in the tradition of promoting the collection for the purposes of medical education in all forms whenever possible, as well as expand its scope to provide public programming and educational resources to the larger community.
Collection Items
Vial of sheep lung surfactant ("Surfactant TA")
![Vial of sheep lung surfactant ("Surfactant TA")](https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/files/thumbnails/5d1647b4030e2f1ebcfcfa8c14084189.jpg "Vial of sheep lung surfactant ("Surfactant TA")")
Vials of Surfactant TA (Tokyo Akita), a modified sheep lung surfactant, brought back from Tetsuro Fujiwara's lab at Akita University School of Medicine, Japan, by Mary Ellen Avery. Building off of Avery's 1959 discovery that the cause of Respiratory…
Collection Tree
- Warren Anatomical Museum
- Allen H. Blake Collection, 1808, 1904-1941. WAM 21104, 21227, 22267-22273
- B. Joy Jeffries Collection, 1800-1915. WAM 21127-21131, 22251-22258
- Boston Phrenological Society Collection, 1800-1848. WAM 01209.005—
- Dickinson-Belskie Collection, 1939-2007. WAM 20500-20899.
- Dwight-Emerton Collection, 1890-1895. WAM 21246-21247, 21532, 21534-21539, 21551-21556.
- Frederick and George Cheever Shattuck Collection, 1847-1929. WAM 20098, 21001, 21002, 21088, 21093, 21095-21097, 22200-22209, 22247.
- George T. Perkins Collection, 1850-1880. WAM 12748
- H. Richard Tyler Collection, 1920-1970. WAM 21549-21550.
- Harvey Cushing Lantern Slide Collection, 1917-1919. WAM 21244.075-099
- Henry Jacob Bigelow Watercolor Collection, 1848-1854. WAM 21142.075—
- J. W. Farlow Collection, 1870-1916. WAM 12632, 22214-22226, 22227.001-.011.
- John Collins Warren Watercolor Collection, 1890-1894. WAM 21142.005—
- Lloyd T. Brown Collection, 1880-1898. WAM 13255.001-.006A, .006B, .007
- M. Judah Folkman Collection, 1950-2006. WAM 21055; 21317-21323
- Robert B. Greenough Latern Slide Collection, 1917-1919. WAM 21245.001-21245.005; 21245.008; 21245.011; 21245.013-21245.140; 21245.142-21245.146; 21245.148-21245.182
- Roderick Heffron Collection, 1930-1950. WAM 21752-21755
- Samuel A. Green Collection, 1800-1914. WAM 20081, 21202, 22210-22213
- William A. Burgess artifacts and memorabilia, 1960-1980. WAM 21596-21597
- William L. Richardson Collection, 1867-1932. WAM 20208, 20210, 20213, 20251, 22228-22246.