Autopsy of Dr. John Collins Warren (1778-1856)
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Title
Autopsy of Dr. John Collins Warren (1778-1856)
Subject
Jackson, J. B. S. (John Barnard Swett), 1806-1879
Warren, John Collins, 1778-1856
Excerpts
Autopsies
Description
John Barnard Swett Jackson was Harvard Medical School's first professor of pathological anatomy and first curator of the Warren Anatomical Museum. He published catalogues of the specimens in the museum of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement (1847) as well as the Warren (1870).
Four days after John Collins Warren's death, Dr. Jackson, with the assistance of Calvin Ellis, examined the body and produced this report. Dr. Warren's bones were subsequently preserved and kept for educational purposes in the Warren Anatomical Museum.
Abstract
Excerpt from John Barnard Swett Jackson's autopsy report for John Collins Warren (1778-1856)
Creator
Jackson, J. B. S. (John Barnard Swett), 1806-1879
Date Created
1856 May 08
Rights
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Is Part Of
Harvard Medical Library Rare Books Collection (H MS b 3.10)
Format
text
Extent
excerpt (1 page)
Language
English
Type
text
Identifier
DigID0002653
Provenance
Transferred from the Warren Anatomical Museum to the Harvard Medical Library, 1987
Files
Collection
Citation
Jackson, J. B. S. (John Barnard Swett), 1806-1879, “Autopsy of Dr. John Collins Warren (1778-1856),” OnView, accessed April 26, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/12775.