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A leaf from the Canon Medicinae of Avicenna
This manuscript copy of Avicenna's Canon, written by Mordechai bar Elia in a rabbinical hand, was formerly in the library of Prince Dietrichstein of Nikolsburg.
Illustration of the parts of the body as a house
Polish physician Tobias ben Moses Cohn knew nine languages and was court physician to five sultans in Adrianople. In 1724, he moved to Jerusalem. The Ma’aseh Tobiyyah [“Works of Tobias”] is an encyclopedia of theology, botany,…
Cast of the fist of Oliver Wendell Holmes
Made at the request of librarian James Read Chadwick, the bronzed fist of Oliver Wendell Holmes was displayed in the original Holmes Hall of the Boston Medical Library's building following the memorial meeting on October 30, 1894. The sculptor,…
Vial of lung surfactant ("Surfactant TA")
Vials of Surfactant TA (Tokyo Akita), a modified 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…
Mary Ellen Avery papers, 1929-2002 (inclusive). H MS c201
The Mary Ellen Avery papers, 1929-2002, consist of personal and professional correspondence, teaching materials, professional activities records, grant records, articles and drafts, lectures and speeches, diaries, photographs, and other records from…
Faculty portrait of Mary Ellen Avery
Notation on the verso reads: "MEA near 1980. Florence said - take picture now - Implication: appearances will not improve! She is right. This is my formal portrait - to hang with my predecessors in my office, for better or worse, so be it."
On Teaching
Typescript of talk on teaching with handwritten annotations.
Early radiation warning symbol
Hand drawn version of an early radiation warning symbol in a November 1953 draft for a Subcommittee on Regulation of Radiation Exposure meeting held in Washington, D.C. The radiation warning symbol was first created in the late 1940s at the…
Lauriston Sale Taylor using a capacitance compensator in a laboratory
Taylor began his career as a radiation physicist at the National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology) to help organize an x-ray research program. While at the NBS, Taylor developed the first guarded-field…
Program for the Postgraduate Course, "Chest Radiology"
The first Fleischner Lecture was given by Leo Rigler at the March 1971 Postgraduate Course held in Williamsburg, Virginia. The Fleischner Society annual meetings are held in conjunction with the Postgraduate Course.
Morris Simon's sketches of his biopsy localising needle with double barb
Simon is recognized for his multiple inventions, including medical instruments and patents for an adjustable biopsy localization device, caliper rule, rotary disc calculator, and the Simon Nitinol Filter and Stent.
Photograph of Felix Fleischner, Radiologist-in-Chief, Emeritus, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston
Felix Fleischner was a Clinical Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School and the first full-time radiologist and Department Head at Beth Israel Hospital. Fleischner's research areas included pulmonary embolism, bronchiectasis, and emphysema.…
Agenda from the first meeting of a new chest society
In the late 1960s, Fleischner and a small group of radiologists began to organize a thoracic radiology society. When the society was formally created in December 1969, Fleischner's colleagues named it the Fleischner Society, in memory of the…
"Zur röntgenologischen Symptomatologie und zur Pathologie des Pneumothorax"
Draft of Felix Fleischner's first röntgen article published in the journal Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Röntgenstrahlen. Fleischner wrote over 250 articles during the course of his career.
Cast of child with tumor, 1876 [WAM 04635]
Hollow plaster case of head, neck, and upper portion of thorax of 10 year old boy with tumor on left side, painted white
Head Cast of William Burke, 1829 [WAM 03386.002]
A hollow plaster cast of a man's head and neck. Cast has section lines, possible phrenological, sculpted onto head. Mounted on base.
Seven-fingered hand cast "mirror hand," 1853 [WAM 00917]
The subject was a German machinist, age thirty-seven. Born in 1815. The patient believed the hand was an advantage at playing the piano. He died of chronic diarrhea at Massachusetts General Hospital in March 1852. The limb was removed and…
Questions intended for Charles Lowell
A set of questions intended for Charles Lowell to answer regarding the case Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes, in which he sued his physicians over a dislocated hip bone.
Questions intended for Dr. Warren and his surgical team
A handwritten list of questions written by Charles Lowell to be answered by Dr. John Collins Warren, Dr. James Mann, Dr. William Spooner, Dr. David Townsend, and Dr. Thomas Welsh for the sake of the case known as Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes. Lowell…
John C. Warren's answers to Charles Lowell's questions
Dr. Warren's written response to Charles Lowell's questions posed in the name of the Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes court case. Lowell sued his physicians over a dislocated hip bone, and Dr. Warren spoke on behalf of the defendents throughout the trial.
Letter to John C. Warren from Harrison Gray
The letter suggests to Dr. Warren that he publish his work on the Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes case independently of Charles Lowell. Lowell wants to publish the Deposition, but uses the defendant's names freely, so Gray encourages him to go to the…
Letter to John C. Warren from Charles Lowell
This letter is sent after Lowell visited Dr. Nathan Smith to get a second opinion on his hip's diagnosis. In it, Lowell explains that Dr. Smith disagrees with Warren, and believes that the bone is not (and has never been) dislocated.
Letter to John C. Warren from J. F. Flagg
The letter speaks of a drawing of the Os Innominatum that the author will send to Warren in order to illustrate his point in the trial of Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes.
Letter to John C. Warren from Dr. Franklin Bache
The letter is sent as a result of an article that appeared in the "N.A Medicine and Surgery Journal".
Letter to John C. Warren
A doctor sends the letter to Warren after reading his pamphlet on dislocations of the hip.
Letters to John C. Warren from Bradford
Two short letters sent in order to organize and prepare Warren's writing for publishing.
Letter to John C. Warren from J. F. Flagg
The letter contains a discussion of both Charles Lowell's hip diagnosis as well as the court case, Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes.
Letter to John C. Warren from Dr. Maxwell McDowell
Dr. McDowell sends his compliments to Dr. Warren on his publication, "Letter to the Hon. Isaac Parker," regarding the Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes court case.
Letter to John C. Warren from Dr. Samuel Mitchell
Dr. Mitchell sends this letter after having read Dr. Warren's "Letter to the Hon. Isaac Parker," complimenting his work and dedication to the Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes case.
Statement from John C. Warren
A statement assessing Charles Lowell's character for the sake of the Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes trial.
Letter to John C. Warren from Dr. Benjamin Barrett
The letter discusses methods employed in setting a hip dislocation as a result of the ongoing trial, Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes.
Letter to John C. Warren from Charles Lowell
A letter notifying Dr. Warren that Lowell wrote an article that appeared in the "American Traveller" that morning in which he used his name. He assures Warren that he did not intend to offend, and suggests that by bringing attention to him in the…