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Photograph of a microscope slide from Camp Devens Case 219
An image of a microscope slide with the caption, "CAMP DEVENS CASE 219. CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, WITH ORGANIZING PERIBRONCHITIS. / ALVEOLAR EMPHYSEMA AND INTERSTITIAL EMPHYSEMA. EMPHYSEMA OF MEDIASTINUM / BACTERIOLOGY CABILLUS INFLUENZE. DURATION 21 DAYS…
Photograph of a microscope slide from Camp Devens Case 214
An image of a microscope slide with the caption "CAMP DEVENS CASE 214. LOBAR PNEUMONIA SECONDARY TO INFLUENZA PNEUMONIA. / THE HYALIN FIBRINOUS DEPOSIT OUTLYING EMPHYSEMATOUS ALVEOLI OF THE INITIAL / INVOLVEMENT IS DISTINCTLY SEEN. BACTERIOLOGY…
Photograph of a microscope slide from Camp Devens Case 192
An image of a microscope slide showing acute alveolar emphysema with hyalin fibrin deposit, which is characteristic of the initial stage of influenza pneumonias. The duration of the illness was 10 days from the initial symptoms.
Tamping iron that caused the injury to Phineas Gage, 1848
Long cast iron bar tapered at one end and blunted at the other end. The bar is etched with an inscription that has been painted white. It rests in a brass and wood mount.
Skull of Phineas Gage (1823-1860)
Prepared human skull on an adult man with sectioned skull top and disarticulated mandible. Skull has healed fracture line through left orbit ending in large opening with partially healed skull flap.
Entry on Phineas Gage skull and tamping iron in A Descriptive Catalogue of the Warren Anatomical Museum
The museum entries for Phineas Gage's skull and iron bar can be found in the 1870 publication of The Descriptive Catalogue of the Warren Anatomical Museum. Gage's skull is listed as museum number 949 in the "Morbid Anatomy" in the "Second Division."…
Entry on the Egyptian skull in Descriptive Catalague of the Warren Anatomical Museum
This text is the official published catalogue of the Warren Anatomical Museum. The skull cast is listed in the "Third Division" of the 1870 catalogue, which is entitled "Miscellany." The catalogue's first division is entitled "Healthy" anatomy and…
An Entry for the "Typical Skulls" in the Warren Anatomical Museum Index
The entry list the donation of twelve casts considered "typical skulls" from John Collins Warren to the Warren Anatomical Museum. These casts came from the skulls of Samuel George Morton's crania collection which were used to determine a standard…
Portrait of Samuel George Morton (1799-1851), undated
A undated portrait of Samuel George Morton with a signature of his name below.
Correspondence J. C. Warren to J. B. S. Jackson about "typical skulls"
John Collins Warren writes to J. B. S. Jackson about his donation of twelve cast skulls made from the Morton crania collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. Warren describes these casts as "typical skulls." Warren states that…
"Death of Dr. Spurzheim"
The Phrenological Journal and Miscellany (Edinburgh Phrenological Society) reprinted a letter from Nahum Capen and Robert M'Kibbed, M.D. Capen's letter mentions that Spurzheim's body was embalmed for his relatives if they wished for his body to be…
