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Letter from Stanley Cobb
Dr. Bibring collaborated with Dr. Cobb while at Harvard Medical School and Dr. Zetzel on issues with child psychology.
Set of Dissection Knives
Dr. J. Collins Warren developed this particular model of dissection knife for use with tumors of the breast and had them produced by Codman and Shurtleff, the famous Boston firm of instrument makers. Dr. Warren presented this set to his colleague,…
Post-mortem set in wooden case, 1860 - 1880 [WAM 20441]
Post-mortem set of fifteen instruments.
Smith-Petersen nail
Small flanged nail used in orthopedic operations. The flanged nail was devised to bring about absolute fixation in all directions and displace a minimum amount of bone
Smith-Petersen gouge (?)
Metal gouge that is curved in three sides at one of the ends and has a handle on the other end. Bone chisels are used for carving small pieces out of the bones to reach the inner soft part. They are also used to score, cut, scrape, clean and sculpt…
Large hip gouge with convex tip
Metal swan neck curved gouge with an octagonal handle and a sharp convex spatula shape tip. The large gouge was first used in 1944.
Female reamer
Metal semi-spherical reamer with a toothed edge. There is a round metal label with "Cup Reamer" handwritten in black ink.
First Ether Charts
As a medical student Harvey Cushing, along with classmate, Ernst Amory Codman, resolved to improve the technique for giving ether and created the first known ether charts, (front of one chart reproduced here) carefully recording patient pulse,…
First Ether Charts
As a medical student Harvey Cushing, along with classmate, Ernst Amory Codman, resolved to improve the technique for giving ether and created the first known ether charts, (back of one chart reproduced here) carefully recording patient pulse,…
Radiograph of the right elbow of Henry Pickering Bowditch, showing fragments of bullet
Autograph presentation inscription "from E. A. Codman to Henry P. Bowditch" on verso
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,…
Harry C. Bishop full oral history transcript, Louise Schnaufer Oral History Project
Full transcript from the oral history interview of Harry C. Bishop, M.D. for the Louise Schnaufer Oral History Project, conducted by Mindy Ehrhart and sponsored by the Foundation for the History of Women in Medicine
