A bill for the sterilization of inmates of prisons and insane hospitals “by whom procreation would be inadvisable” was introduced into the Connecticut legislature by Representative Wilbur F. Tomlinson in February, 1909. The bill passed…
Photostat copy of "An act in addition to "An act more effectually to protect the sepulchres of the dead, and to legalize the study of anatomy in certain cases""
This is a screenshot from the Still (STL) 3D image software rendering of an Ancient Egyptian skull collected by Samuel G. Morton. This is one of twelve skulls Morton deemed "typical skulls." These twelve skulls were made into plaster casts and…
This is one of the pamphlets printed in reaction to the Holmes lecture on homeopathy. In responding to Holmes' criticism of the use of infinitesimal doses, Charles Neidhard states, "We, with many Homœopathic physicians, have never believed in…
First line: Ye who are inclined to pity.
At head of title: We the undersigned are acquainted with Geo. W. Avery, who is suffereing from paralysis...
Within double line border.
With printed attribution "by George W. Avery."
Expanded version of one…
The endpapers of this short work on smallpox vaccination contain a bookplate of Dr. Addison Marshall Clark (1857-1919), an Ohio surgeon, along with an 1894 inscription from Dr. Howard A. Kelly (1853-1943), presenting it to William Osler as “a…
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…
The entry marks the donation of the iron bar that went through Phineas Gage's head. Initially, the bar had been donated by Gage but then it was removed at his request in 1854. After Gage's death, Dr. Harlow obtained the bar with the approval of…
While a professor of anatomy and physiology at Columbian College in Washington, D.C., Thomas Sewall published these two lectures to students—one of the earliest attacks on phrenological doctrine—based on his study of the brain's…
The first edition of Edward Jenner's publication contains his evidence that inoculation with cowpox vaccine matter could be a preventive against smallpox. Pages 32-35 concern Case XVII, an eight-year-old named James Phipps, who was inoculated with…
This pamphlet is a presentation copy to the Boston Medical Library from its author, David Hosack, a celebrated New York physician who was in attendance at the duel of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr in 1804. Four of the five items bound together…
Introductory lectures to new medical students were customary at the opening of each academic year and often printed in pamphlet form or, as here, in the pages of a medical journal. James C. White cautions the students against specializing too early…
Holmes assumed the professorship of anatomy and physiology at Harvard in the fall of 1847 and delivered this introductory lecture to the students on November 3. In an overview of the medical developments of Boston, Holmes alludes here to “the…
This English satiric print illustrates some of the absurdities associated with phrenology, as the traits and marked skulls of dogs, birds, and horses are treated on a par with humans. The phrenologist "Doctor S." may be intended to represent Johann…
Tiedemann’s early research on the anatomy of the sea cucumber, sea urchin, and starfish earned him the 1812 prize of the Académie des Sciences in Paris.
With dissections by Henry Gray, lecturer on anatomy, and H. V. Carter, demonstrator of anatomy at Saint George's Hospital, London, Gray's Anatomy quickly became a standard text for medical students. It first appeared in the U.S. in 1859 and became…
Anatomists throughout history have worked to discover new angles of approach to the human body in order to reach the fullest understanding of its complexities. In this symposium, our four speakers endeavor to do the same, coming from different…
Gertrude Gerrard, RN, nurse anesthetist, (seated) in the operating room with Dr. Foley, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital circa 1920. (Note the Connell Anaesthetometer, next to Gerrard.)
Angiogram of a 67 year old male with abnormal left circumflex artery from right cusp. The patient had a history of left anterior descending artery angioplasty and primary transcutaneous coronary angioplasty. The original cine film was digitized, and…
Angiogram of a 49 year old male with abnormal left coronary artery and single coronary artery. The left coronary artery arises from anterior right cusp, going through septum to deliver. The original cine film was digitized, and a redacted electronic…
Angiogram of a 47 year old female with anterior wall infarction without stenosis. The patient had chest pain, emotional stress, left ventricle anterior apical hypo-akinesis, and Takotsubo syndrome. The original cine film was digitized, and a redacted…
Angiogram of a 67 year old female with ASD repair with clamshell placement, patent foramen ovale with right-left shunt, s/p myocardial infarction, and right ventricular involvement. The original cine film was digitized, and a redacted electronic copy…
Angiogram of an 82 year old female with bypass graft with connection to coronary vein and a possible steal. The original cine film was digitized, and a redacted electronic copy was created to remove the patient's name and patient number.
Angiogram of 79 year old female with Coronary arteriolo-Cavitary Comm. The patient had distal left anterior descending artery, distal right coronary artery, dyspnea on exertion when exercising, and supraventricular tachycardia. The original cine film…
Angiogram of a 71 year old female with a coronary pulmonary fistula coil treatment. The original cine film was digitized, and a redacted electronic copy was created to remove the patient's name and patient number.
Angiogram of 72 or 73 year old male with left anterior descending artery branch to pulmonary artery, cirsoid aneurysm, and Racemose aneurysm. The original cine film was digitized, and a redacted electronic copy was created to remove the patient's…
Angiogram of a 46 year old male with ectatic coronaries. The original cine film was digitized, and a redacted electronic copy was created to remove the patient's name and patient number.
The recording was described in Paulin's teaching film…
Angiogram of a 49 year old male with ectatic coronaries, acute myocardial infarction, and post Kawasaki Aneurysmal. The original cine film was digitized, and a redacted electronic copy was created to remove the patient's name and patient number.…
Angiogram of an 82 year old female with an unsuccessful interventional procedure with no complication and small shunt flow only. The original cine film was digitized, and a redacted electronic copy was created to remove the patient's name and patient…
Angiogram of a 58 year old female with a right-sided Kugel's artery to the atrioventricular node artery. The patient had known coronary artery disease with 8 weeks of unstable angina, and a percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty of the right…
Angiogram of a 71 or 72 year old female with left atrial myxoma, to which the coronary artery supplies vascularity. The original cine film was digitized, and a redacted electronic copy was created to remove the patient's name and patient number.…
Angiogram of a 60 year old male with left main stenosis. The original cine film was digitized, and a redacted electronic copy was created to remove the patient's name and patient number.
The recording was described in Paulin's teaching film…
Angiogram of a 62 year old female with patent ductus arteriosus aper small, with intervention (unsuccessful coil). The original cine film was digitized, and a redacted electronic copy was created to remove hte patient's name and patient number.…
Angiogram of 66 year old male with single coronary artery from right coronary cusp to post-aortal left circumflex artery and left anterior descending artery. The original cine film was digitized, and a redacted electronic copy was created to remove…
Angiogram of an 83 year old male with small acquired ventricular septal defect. The original cine film was digitized, and a redacted electronic copy was created to remove the patient's name and patient number.
Angiogram of a 48 year old female with subvalvular aortic stenosis, ridge type, and valvular narrowing. The patient had a history of cholesterol, smoking, family history, and echo diagnosis. The original cine film was digitized, and a redacted…
Angiogram of a female with Tetralogy of Fallot congenital lesion and subclavian Blalock-Taussig anastomosis. The original cine film was digitized, and a redacted electronic copy was created to remove the patient's name and patient number.
Angiogram of a 71 year old female with a twin trunk left anterior descending artery. The original cine film was digitized, and a redacted electronic copy was created to remove the patient's name and patient number.
This first annual catalog from the Dental School lists the faculty members and outlines the course of instruction. Among the qualifications for graduation may be seen the earliest reference to the existence of the Dental Museum: "He must also deposit…
This first circular from the new location advertises the opportunity for students to examine patients at the Boston Almshouse on Leverett Street and announces the new professorship in clinical medicine.
The faculty was also concerned about the cost…
Antibacterial action of serum of normal young men after single doses of ampicillin given intramuscularity with or without probenecid and after oral doses given fasting or after a meal. This type of figure representing serum concentrations and urinary…
Antibacterial spectrum of gentamicin. The in vitro activity of the drug was drawn as a curve of the cumulative percentage of strains at increasing minimum inhibitory concentrations that became known as "Finlandograms" because of their unique and…
During his tenure as curator, Adelbert Fernald assembled a replica of an early 19th century dental office, based on that of Boston practitioner Dr. John Randall (1774-1843).
Bonet de Lates was a Provençal physician and astrologer who settled in Rome, where, in addition to acting as physician to Popes Alexander VI and Leo X, he served the Jewish community as a rabbi. He is best known for his invention of the…
This volume, the first printed edition of Maimonides’ interpretation of Hippocratic and Galenic doctrine, also includes the Aphorismi of St. John of Damascus, Razi’s De Secretis in Medicina, and Hippocrates’ Prognostica. Maimonides,…
Honored guests from medical schools in the United States and Europe were present at the dedication ceremonies. This certificate from the Registrary attests to the appointment of Sir G. Sims Woodhead (1855-1921), Professor of Pathology, as the…
Another barrier, as Dickinson argued in a lecture he prepared for Margaret Sanger’s first world congress on birth control in 1934, was the lack of scientific knowledge of human reproduction.
A state almshouse for paupers at Tewksbury was founded in 1852. In the 1880s, charges of theft and abuse of the inmates–including the sale of bodies of the deceased to Harvard and other medical schools for anatomical dissection–were…
This is a rare early Greek edition of the collected medical and scientific works of Aristotle and contains texts on birth and death, youth and old age, respiration, divination, sleep, and memory.
In 1943, Dr. Cannon joined the Medical Corps of the United States Army. He served in the plastic surgery unit at the Valley Forge General Hospital in Pennsylvania, as assistant chief and then chief. This unit performed over 15,000 operations without…
From unlabeled box containing pictures of soldiers, wreckage, and battles throughout France, as well as the presidential visit to Alsace and Lorraine and President Wilson in Paris.
From unlabeled box containing pictures of soldiers, wreckage, and battles throughout France, as well as the presidential visit to Alsace and Lorraine and President Wilson in Paris.
From unlabeled box containing negatives of France, Algeria, portraits, and Kazanjian's facial moulages on display in what is possibly the Harvard Dental School museum.
From unlabeled box containing negatives of France, Algeria, portraits, and Kazanjian's facial moulages on display in what is possibly the Harvard Dental School museum.
From unlabeled box containing negatives of France, Algeria, portraits, and Kazanjian's facial moulages on display in what is possibly the Harvard Dental School museum.
From unlabeled box containing negatives of France, Algeria, portraits, and Kazanjian's facial moulages on display in what is possibly the Harvard Dental School museum.
Marked or numbered with the thirty-five faculties identified by J. G. Spurzheim, these 19th century symbolical heads remain the most enduring icon of the phrenological movement. Many heads of this type were produced and marketed by the Fowler and…
This is a collection of 38 treatises on astronomy, astrology, and mathematics, including one of León Hebreo, (De coniunctione Saturni et Iovis anni Christi 1345 (On the conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in the year of our Lord 1345).
Audrey E. Evans was the 2005 recipient of the Alma Dean Morani, M. D., Renaissance Woman Award. Evans specialized in pediatric oncology with a focus on "totoal care". Evans also built the present Cancer Research Center at The Children's Hospital of…