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Cardiology
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Jewish women physicians]]> In the second interview, Wenger discusses heart disease in women and in elderly people and these groups' underrepresentation in cardiology research; Wenger's leadership style and status as the first woman leader in a variety of cardiology organizations; education and awareness campaigns for heart health; implementing cardiac rehabilitation at Grady Memorial Hospital; and her role in community and charitable organizations. ]]> 2025-12-08
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Bruce Smith served initially as the Director of Community Programs (1989 – 1995). In 1995 he transitioned to two roles, held concurrently, as the Director, Office of Government and Community Programs and the Deputy Director, Division of Public Health Practice (1995 – 2003). His final roles (also concurrent) at the Harvard School of Public Health were as the Director of Community Relations for the Division of Public Health Practice and the Office of Government and Community Programs (2003 – 2012).

The Division of Public Health Practice at the Harvard School of Public Health, now known as the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, began in 1998. It was founded and initially directed by Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith, then directed by Dr. Howard Koh from 2004-2009. It served as a conduit between the work of Harvard School of Public Health academic departments, governmental and corporate agencies, and the community. The mission of the division encompassed education, research, and service. Programs included under the umbrella of the division were the Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, the Office of Government and Community Programs, the Preventive Medicine Program, the Program for Health Care Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, the Program to Eliminate Health Disparities, and the Violence Prevention Program. In 2009 the division was dissolved, and its activities were absorbed by the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, the Department of Health Policy and Management, and the Division of Policy Translation and Leadership.

In this interview Bruce discusses his career and experiences while working for the Harvard School of Public Health. This includes his leadership roles with local communities in Boston, including Mission Hill (which is where Harvard’s Longwood Campus is located). He also discusses growing up in Boston, Massachusetts. (Total running time: 2H05M42S).]]>
Julia McCatty was the first Black person to graduate from the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital School of Nursing (Class of 1956). In a lively conversation with the hospital archivist and Sasha Dubois, a nurse administrator from the Brigham and president of the New England Regional Black Nurses Association, Mrs. Collymore discusses her upbringing in Boston and her ambition to become a registered nurse despite being discouraged from that objective due to prejudice. She shares many stories from her long and successful career in nursing. Ms. Dubois and Mrs. Collymore compare their experiences as nurses with half a century of time between them. (Total running time: 1:11:28.)

This oral history interview is part of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Archives collections. It was videotaped on location in the Brigham Education Institute inside the BWH with the support of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Office of Strategic Communications and the technical support of the Brigham's audio-visual specialists in Office Services.]]> Medical education
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This oral history interview is part of the Alma Dea Morani Renaissance Women in Medicine Oral History Project, sponsored by the Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation, formerly the Foundation for the History of Women in Medicine. ]]> https://patents.google.com/patent/US2890696A/en?oq=US2890696]]> ]]> https://www.woodlibrarymuseum.org/museum/boc-boyle-machine/]]> from Obstetrical Anesthesia, Its Priciples and Practice, Bert B. Hershenson, MD demonstrates the first step in intubating a newborn—placement of the laryngoscope.]]> Obstetrical Anesthesia, Its Priciples and Practice by Bert B. Hershenson, MD demonstrates the proper placement of an endotracheal tube.]]> 2 Absorber]]> 2 was filtered out.]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> BWH Bulletin, November 26, 1999, page 2.]]> Journal of the American Medical Association article by Robert D. Dripps, M.D and Leroy D. Vandam, M.D. "Long-Term Follow-up of Patients Who Received 10,098 Spinal Anesthetics. Failure To Discover Major Neurological Sequelae"]]> https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/298523]]> Anesthesia Charts of 1895 with Explanatory Notes]]> Anesthesia Charts of 1895 with Explanatory Notes, chart 12. H MS b59.2, Harvard Medical Library collection, Center for the History of Medicine in the Francis A. Countway Library, Harvard University]]> Anesthesia Charts of 1895 with Explanatory Notes]]> Anesthesia Charts of 1895 with Explanatory Notes, chart 12. H MS b59.2, Harvard Medical Library collection, Center for the History of Medicine in the Francis A. Countway Library, Harvard University]]> Boston Sunday Post, March 6, 1915.]]> Boston Sunday Post]]> A Treatise on Etherization in Childbirth, Page 126]]> A Treatise on Etherization in Childbirth, by Walter Channing, MD, depicting a design for an ether delivery devise.

Dr. Channing was Professor of Midwifery and Medical Jurisprudence and Dean of the Faculty at Harvard Medical College. In 1832, he became a founder and chief physician of the Boston Lying-in Hospital, the first maternity hospital in New England—and an antecedent of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Channing was the first in the US to publish on the subject of anesthesia in childbirth. In this, his most influential work, Channing presented a statistical analysis of 581 cases of the use of ether and chloroform for the mitigation of pain during delivery. His positive evidence and advocacy reassured the public, and a heretofore unconvinced medical profession, that anesthesia was safe for mother and child.]]> A Treatise on Etherization in Childbirth, by Walter Channing, MD]]> A Treatise on Etherization in Childbirth, Page 1]]> A Treatise on Etherization in Childbirth, by Walter Channing, MD.

Dr. Channing was Professor of Midwifery and Medical Jurisprudence and Dean of the Faculty at Harvard Medical College. In 1832, he became a founder and chief physician of the Boston Lying-in Hospital, the first maternity hospital in New England—and an antecedent of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Channing was the first in the US to publish on the subject of anesthesia in childbirth. In this, his most influential work, Channing presented a statistical analysis of 581 cases of the use of ether and chloroform for the mitigation of pain during delivery. His positive evidence and advocacy reassured the public, and a heretofore unconvinced medical profession, that anesthesia was safe for mother and child.]]> A Treatise on Etherization in Childbirth, by Walter Channing, MD]]> A Treatise on Etherization in Childbirth, Title Page]]> A Treatise on Etherization in Childbirth, by Walter Channing, MD.

Dr. Channing was Professor of Midwifery and Medical Jurisprudence and Dean of the Faculty at Harvard Medical College. In 1832, he became a founder and chief physician of the Boston Lying-in Hospital, the first maternity hospital in New England—and an antecedent of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Channing was the first in the US to publish on the subject of anesthesia in childbirth. In this, his most influential work, Channing presented a statistical analysis of 581 cases of the use of ether and chloroform for the mitigation of pain during delivery. His positive evidence and advocacy reassured the public, and a heretofore unconvinced medical profession, that anesthesia was safe for mother and child.

]]> A Treatise on Etherization in Childbirth, by Walter Channing, MD]]> Artificial anaesthesia, a manual of anaesthetic agents ... employment in the treatment of disease, by Laurence Turnbull, p. 246, pl. 46.]]> https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101434296-img]]> ]]>
The background image of this exhibit poster is a reproduction of "Amputation," 1785, a satirical etching/aquatint by Thomas Rowlandson (1756–1827). The original print of "Amputation" is Image Number 467 in the Harvard Medical Library collection, Center for the History of Medicine in the Francis A. Countway Library, Harvard University

Rowlandson contrasts the horror on the face of a patient experiencing an amputation in the pre-anesthesia era with the clinical indifference of the observing surgeons. The skeleton in the background shows the only sympathy. The artist mocks 18th century surgeons’ skills with the satirical names posted on the wall. ]]> https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/12990]]> artificial respiration]]> artificial respiration
]]> The Treasure Chest of Fun & Fact, Vol. 7, No. 13, a Catholic comic book published by George A. Pflaum of Dayton, Ohio which provided inspirational stories to Catholic parochial school students between 1946 and 1972.]]> The Treasure Chest of Fun & Fact, Vol. 7, No. 13, 1952]]>
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(4) Underneath the tank are two vacuum cleaner type pumps with inlet and outlet valves. Alternating pressure cycles are created by attendant, Louis Freni, manually operating a hand rocker valve to apply positive and negative pressure inside the chamber.]]>
(3) The attendant has just released the rubber collar on the subject's neck.]]>
(2) Dr. Drinker prepares to enter the apparatus on a bed made from two "garage creepers."
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(1) The experimental device was made from a rectangular sheet metal tank. ]]> Archives of Internal Medicine (Chic). 1917;XX(3): 443-467. doi: 10.1001/ archinte.1917, page 446.]]> Archives of Internal Medicine, by F. W. Peabody and J.A. Wentworh, show spirometers in use.]]> lung]]> De l'auscultation médiate]]> De l'auscultation médiate.]]> ]]> catalog record.]]>
The background image of this exhibit poster is a copy of a wood cut from the anatomy book Anatomia Deudsch, ein kurtzer Auszug der Beschreibung aller glider menschlichs… by Andreas Vesalius, 1551 ed., call number "Rare Books ff QM25.V63 G3 1551 c.1" in Harvard Medical Library collection, Center for the History of Medicine in the Francis A. Countway Library, Harvard University]]> https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/med00091/catalog.]]> Finding Aid.
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