Strong Medicine: the Healing Response to the 2013 Marathon Bombing

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Strong Medicine: the Healing Response to the 2013 Marathon Bombing

Description

Stories, images, and communications from the Boston medical community's experience of the Boston Marathon bombing of April 15, 2013 and its aftermath.

Contributor

Center for the History of Medicine, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine

Collection Items

"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…

"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…

Card from Muslim American Society, San Antonio Chapter
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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…

"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…

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…

"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…

"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…

"Pray 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…

"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…

"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…

"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…

"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…

Card from the Jade Room Students of Cambridge Montessori School
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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…

"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…

"Thank You" from Belmont High School
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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…

"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…

"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…

"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…

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…

"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…

Messages on beaded string
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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…

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…

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…

Crocheted blanket from Blankies 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…

Oral history interview between Harvard History of Science Graduate Student Emily Harrison and doctor Alasdair Conn of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Taken 10 February 2014 in Ruth Sleeper Hall at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston,…

When you are not in the thick of things - Countway Library of Medicine and Newtonville
Bystander, Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Newtonville, bombing, shootout [Link to full document at bottom of page]

Oral history interview between Harvard History of Science Graduate Student Emily Harrison and Jeanette Ives Erickson, Chief Nurse and Senior Vice President for Patient Care Services at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Taken 25 February 2014 at…

Oral history interview between Harvard History of Science Graduate Student Emily Harrison and Ann Prestipino, Senior Vice President of Surgical and Anesthesia services at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Taken 14 February 2014 at Massachusetts…

Oral history interview between Strong Medicine Project Coordinator Joan Ilacqua and Dr. Adrienne Wald, Director of the Traditional and Accelerated Undergraduate Nursing Program at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Taken 18 March 2014 in the…

Oral history interview between Strong Medicine Project Coordinator Joan Ilacqua and Dr. Reza Askari, trauma surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston. Taken 25 March 2014 at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.…

Oral history interview between Harvard History of Science Graduate Student Miriam Rich and Paul Biddinger, Chief, Division of Emergency Preparedness and Medical Director, Emergency Department Operations at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.…

Oral history interview between Harvard History of Science Graduate Student Miriam Rich and David Reisman, Senior Administrative Director of Emergency Services and Emergency Preparedness at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Taken 26 March 2014…

Oral history interview between Harvard History of Science Graduate Student Miriam Rich and Eric Goralnick, Medical Director of Emergency Preparedness at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 21 March 2014 at Brigham and Women's…

Oral history interview between Strong Medicine Project Coordinator Joan Ilacqua and Erin McDonough, Senior Vice President, Communication and Public Affairs, Chief Communication Officer at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 1…

"The Boston Marathon Bombings…. Lessons Learned" PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Alasdair Conn
PowerPoint presentation slides created by Dr. Alasdair Conn of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Conn presented the PowerPoint as a Guest Lecturer at a meeting of the Buffalo Surgical Society on 13 November 2013 and as a Grand Rounds Lecturer,…

Facebook posts from Dr. Rishi Rattan
Facebook posts by Dr. Rishi Rattan and friends posted in reaction to the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings an and its aftermath. Dr. Rattan, at the time, was a Resident in the Department of Surgery at Tufts Medical Center. He is also friends with the…

Oral history interview between Strong Medicine Project Coordinator Joan Ilacqua and Jeffrey Kalish, Director of Endovascular Surgery at Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 8 April 2014 at Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.…

Oral history interview between Strong Medicine Project Coordinator Joan Ilacqua and Natalie Stavas, Pediatric Resident in the Boston Combined Residency Program. Taken 7 April 2014 at in the Finland Room at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine.…

Oral history interview between Harvard History of Science Graduate Student Alyssa Botelho and Ron Walls, Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 18 April 2014 in the Emergency…

An article written by Richard Pendleton published in the

Oral history interview between Harvard History of Science Graduate Student Jacob Moses and Jonathan Gates, Medical Director, Trauma Services at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 11 April 2014 at Brigham and Women's Hospital,…

Oral history interview between Harvard History of Science Graduate Student Jacob Moses and Stephanie Kayden, Chief of the Division of International Emergency Medicine and Humanitarian Programs in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brigham and…

Oral history interview between Harvard History of Science Graduate Student Emily Harrison and Kevin Tabb, President and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.Taken 22 April 2014 at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,…

Oral history interview between Harvard History of Science Graduate Student Miriam Rich and David King, Assistant in Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 17 March 2014 at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston,…

Oral history interview between Harvard History of Science Graduate Student Miriam Rich and Richard Wolfe, Chief of Emergency Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 26 February 2014 at Beth Israel Deaconess…

Oral history interview between Harvard History of Science Graduate Student Emily Harrison and Stanley Ashley, Chief Medical Officer at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 28 April 2014 at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston,…

Oral history interview between Harvard History of Science Graduate Student Emily Harrison and Zara Cooper, Associate Surgeon in the Division of Trauma, Burn, and Surgical Critical Care at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 28…

Oral history interview between Strong Medicine Project Coordinator Joan Ilacqua and Carolyn Hayes, Registered Nurse and Associate Chief Nurse for Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken…

Oral history interview between Strong Medicine Project Coordinator Joan Ilacqua and Rishi Rattan, Surgery Resident at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 2 April 2014 in the Finland Room at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine,…

Oral history interview between Harvard History of Science graduate student Alyssa Botelho and Brien Barnewalt, Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 2 May 2014 at Tufts Medical Center, Boston,…

Oral history interview between Harvard History of Science graduate student Alyssa Botelho and Brooke Tyson Hynes, Vice President, Public Affairs and Communications at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 2 May 2014 at Tufts Medical…

Oral history interview between Harvard History of Science graduate student Alyssa Botelho and Maureen Fagan, Executive Director of the Center for Patients and Families at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.Taken 13 May 2014 at…

Oral history interview between Harvard History of Science graduate student Alyssa Botelho and Michael Crisp, Director of Public Safety at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 16 May 2014 at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.…

Oral history interview between Harvard History of Science graduate student Alyssa Botelho and Rob Osgood, Emergency Management Director at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 16 May 2014 at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.…

Oral history interview between Harvard History of Science graduate student Alyssa Botelho and Andrew Ulrich, Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 19 May 2014 at Boston…

Oral history interview between Harvard History of Science graduate student Miriam Rich and Joe Blansfield, Trauma Program Manager at Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 10 June 2014 at Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.…

Oral history interview between Strong Medicine Project Coordinator Joan Ilacqua and Alik Farber, Chief of the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 16 June 2014 at Boston Medical Center,…

A personal essay on the bombings, resilience and public health written by Jeremy Nobel, Medical Director, Northeast Business Group on Health, New York, N.Y., and Adjunct Lecturer at the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. Publicly…

Oral history and transcript for an interview between Strong Medicine Project Coordinator Joan Ilacqua and University of Massachusetts Boston nursing student Samuel Spencer Gilfeather. Taken 3 June 2014 in the Finland Room at the Francis A. Countway…

Oral history and transcript for an interview between Harvard History of Science graduate student Miriam Rich and William Mackey, Chairman of the Department of Surgery and Surgeon in Chief at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 30 May…

Oral history and a transcript for an interview between Strong Medicine Project Coordinator Joan Ilacqua and Peter Burke and Tracey Dechert of the Boston Medical Center Department of Surgery Section of Acute Care & Trauma Surgery/Surgical Critical…

Oral history and a transcript for an interview between Strong Medicine Project Coordinator Joan Ilacqua and Cheryl Webber, Trauma Program Manager at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 20 June 2014 at Tufts Medical Center, Boston,…

Oral history and a transcript for an interview between Strong Medicine Project Coordinator Joan Ilacqua and Scott Ryan, Director of Orthopedic Trauma at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 20 June 2014 at Tufts Medical Center, Boston,…

Oral history and a transcript for an interview between Strong Medicine Project Coordinator Joan Ilacqua and David Gitlin, Director of the Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship Program and Vice Chair for Clinical Services at Brigham and Women’s Hospital,…

Oral history and a transcript for an interview between Strong Medicine Project Coordinator Joan Ilacqua and Aaron Baggish, cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical…

Oral history and transcript for an interview with Michael Zinner, Strong Medicine Oral History Project
Oral history and a transcript for an interview between Strong Medicine Project Coordinator Joan Ilacqua and Michael Zinner, Chief of Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 17 July 2014 at Brigham and Women’s Hospital,…

Oral history and transcript for an interview with David Mooney, Strong Medicine Oral History Project
Oral history and a transcript for an interview between Strong Medicine Project Coordinator Joan Ilacqua and David Mooney, Director of the Trauma Center, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 25 July 2014 at Boston Children’s…

Oral history and a transcript for an interview between Strong Medicine Project Coordinator Joan Ilacqua and Elizabeth Nabel, President of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 5 June 2014 at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston,…

Oral history and a transcript for an interview between Strong Medicine Project Coordinator Joan Ilacqua and Alice Gervasini, Nurse Director for Trauma and Emergency Surgery Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 11…

Oral history and transcript for an interview with Jay Hartford, Strong Medicine Oral History Project
Oral history and a transcript for an interview between Strong Medicine Project Coordinator Joan Ilacqua and Jay Hartford, Intensive Care Nurse in the Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 18…

Oral history and transcript for an interview with Arden O’Donnell, Strong Medicine Oral History Project
Oral history and a transcript for an interview between Strong Medicine Project Coordinator Joan Ilacqua and Arden O’Donnell, Palliative Care Social Worker at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 26 August 2014 at Brigham and…

Oral history and transcript for an interview with Alicia Quesnel, Strong Medicine Oral History Project
Oral history and a transcript for an interview between Strong Medicine Project Coordinator Joan Ilacqua and Alicia Quesnel, Attending Surgeon at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Instructor in Otology and Laryngology with the Harvard…

Oral history and transcript for an interview with Lyle Micheli, Strong Medicine Oral History Project
Oral history and a transcript for an interview between Strong Medicine Project Coordinator Joan Ilacqua and Lyle Micheli, Director of the Division of Sports Medicine at Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, and Medical Team Leader at the Boston…

Oral history and transcript for an interview with Kimberly Mills, Strong Medicine Oral History Project
Oral history and a transcript for an interview between Strong Medicine Project Coordinator Joan Ilacqua and Kimberly Mills, Pediatric cardiology fellow at Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Taken 25 September 2014 at Children's…

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