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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
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,…
Cast of the fist of Oliver Wendell Holmes
Made at the request of librarian James Read Chadwick, the bronzed fist of 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, Truman Howe…
Casts of the Superior and Inferior Maxillae of George Parkman
These are the most historically significant specimens in the Dental Museum's collection
Catalog entry for Oliver Wendell Holmes denture
This version of the Museum's catalog was in use from the 1890s through 1907.
Here among the entries for items of mechanical dentistry are specimens 1562 and 1565
Here among the entries for items of mechanical dentistry are specimens 1562 and 1565
Catalogue of Books in the Boston Athenaeum
Just after it absorbed the Boston Medical Library, the Athenaeum issued a published catalogue of its holdings. In this copy, owned by Dr. John Orne Green in 1835, faint pencil notations can be discerned next to most of the entries for the Boston…
Catalogue of Books in the Boston Medical Library (1807)
With nearly 150 titles, this second catalogue of the Library from 1807 attests to its rapid growth and includes a list of over fifty titles on order. The holdings include works on phrenology, botanic medicine, and a number of titles concerning…
Catalogue of Books in the Boston Medical Library and the Rules and Regulations concerning the Same (1810)
After the printing of the 1810 edition of the Library's Catalogue, this interleaved copy was used to record subsequent acquisitions. The growth of the collection was so rapid, with over 350 new acquisitions, that another edition of the catalogue was…
Catalogue of Books in the Boston Medical Library and the Rules and Regulations concerning the Same (1823)
The last printed version of a Boston Medical Library catalogue appeared in 1823 and described nearly 800 titles. The rules and regulations on circulation and fines differ considerably from the previous edition and probably reflect changes consequent…
Catalogue of Books in the Boston Medical Library, and the Rules and Regulations concerning the Same (1808)
The copy of the 1808 Catalogue belonged to Dr. John Collins Warren, who held the office of Librarian at this time. The emendations probably represent an inventory of the collection, along with printing corrections for a subsequent edition in 1810.
Catalogue of Books in the Boston Medical Library; and the Rules and Regulations concerning the Same (1816)
In 1819, the Boston Medical Library and the Library of the Massachusetts Medical College were unified and the collection made available to Harvard's medical students. This copy of the 1816 Catalogue belonged to a medical student, probably John Orne…
Catalogue of Books in the Boylston Medical Library (1824)
Before the formation of the Boston Medical Library, Harvard's Boylston Medical Library was the principal local collection not in private hands. The collection remained with the University in Cambridge after the Medical School removed to Boston in…
Catalogue of Boston Medical Library Arranged in Numerical Order
One of the few surviving records of the Boston Medical Library, this manuscript catalogue, unlike the printed versions, divides the collection by size—into folios, quartos, octavos, and duodecimos—with each title receiving a shelf mark…
Catalogue of fellows of the Massachusetts Medical Society
Printed as part of the published proceedings of the Society, this list of fellows from 1872 is the last to include homeopathic members such as Israel Tisdale Talbot, David Thayer, and Herman L. H. Hoffendahl, prior to their expulsion in June 1873.…
Catalogue of homoeopathic books
A catalogue of homeopathic books and other items for sale by Otis Clapp.
Catalogue of the Library of Dr. John Collins Warren (1778-1856)
Dr. John Collins Warren began his own book collection while in Europe in 1799, and added to it many medical titles when he inherited his father
Catalogue of the Specimens in the Museum of the Harvard Dental School
This volume functioned as an accession book for specimens acquired by the Museum through 1896. Items were assigned an ordinal number and shelf location as received, and the information was later transcribed into the formal catalog. The items listed…
Cathedral
From box titled "Dr. Cushing's Lantern Slides. Base Hospital No. 5." All lantern slides manufactured by Weeke's Manufacturing Co., 181 Tremont St., Boston, Mass.
Cathedral in Reims
From unlabeled box containing pictures of soldiers, wreckage, and battles throughout France.
Celluloid shirt collar
This collar was worn by a Boston streetcar motorman who was subject to attacks of dizziness and loss of consciousness on the job. Upon examination at Massachusetts General Hospital, it was determined that when the motorman turned his head, his stiff…
Cemetery in Chalons
From unlabeled box containing pictures of soldiers, wreckage, and battles throughout France.
Certificate from Blue Grass Airport
Guttmacher traveled to urban and rural destinations as Planned Parenthood President. He lectured on the importance of birth control, met with local family planning leaders, and appeared at Planned Parenthood affiliate offices.
Certificate of appreciation from the Second International Congress of Eugenics
For her contribution to the Second International Congress of Eugenics exhibit, Dr. Canavan was presented with this certificate of appreciation.
Chambered nautilus shell
The nautilus shell, formerly on display in the Boston Medical Library’s building at 8 The Fenway, was probably originally in Holmes’ study. A second nautilus shell is housed with other Holmes items at Harvard’s Houghton Library.
Chapelle
From box labeled "Photographies stereoscopieques sur verre en tons chauds. Chateau de Versailles. Interieurs - 1er groupe." Purchased positive stereoscopic photographs of the interior of Versailles. Glass plates are numbered, and numbers correspond…
Charcoal sketch of fugitives
From a box of 25 lantern slides from Harvey Cushing's service with U. S. Army Base Hospital, number 5. Made by Weeke's Manufacturing Co., 181 Tremont St., Boston, Massachusetts.
Charles Fremont Dight
Picture of Charles Fremont Dight from Bulletin no. 1 of the Dight Institute
Charles Lowell's pelvis and right and left femurs
Computerized tomography scan of the Charles Lowell's pelvis and distal ends of left and right femurs, mounted on wooden base painted black
Charles T. Jackson Communicates the Ether Discovery
Jackson issued this publication “to interest both the Surgeon and the Solider, and with the intention of aiding the one and of informing the other” at the outbreak of the Civil War. The Manual provides illustrations and examples of cases from French…
Charles William Eliot Medal
This bronze medal by French artisan Leon Deschamps, honoring Harvard's president, was struck in 1907 as part of the John Harvard tercentenary celebration and depicts President Eliot at the time of the Quad's dedication. The reverse depicts the…
Charles Wilson
Dr. Charles Wilson (1842-1912) was the curator of the Museum from 1881 until 1891. Wilson was also part of the class of 1870.
Charriere dissection kit
This pocket case of dissection instruments belonged to George Thomas Perkins (1838-1880), who attended Harvard Medical School from 1855 to 1857. Perkins served as a surgeon during the Civil War and later practiced in Newton Lower Falls.
Leather case…
Charriere Pocket Surgical Instrument Case
This complete portable surgical kit was used during the Civil War.
Chart comparing electrical and chemical pacemakers
While a medical student and working in Dr. Robert Gross's laboratory, Judah Folkman and biophysicist Fred Vanderschmidt worked together to develop the first implantable pacemaker.
Charts showing muscle tension and contracture after exposure to angiographic contrast agents
Charts showing muscle tension and contracture after exposure to angiographic contrast agents, including hand-drawn first drafts and final draft proofs prepared for publication. The charts were prepared for inclusion in the paper, "Effect of…
Chateau-Camiers
From box labeled "Camier / World War I. VHK.", which includes a few images of Camiers and of soldiers on the boat coming home from the war, and many images of staff at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.
Chateau-Camiers
From box labeled "Camier I". Pictures of Camiers, including the Chateau, operating room, and outdoor scenes, and photos of Sophie Kazanjian and Georges Villain.
Cheluvelt road sign
From box titled "Dr. Cushing's Lantern Slides. Base Hospital No. 5." All lantern slides manufactured by Weeke's Manufacturing Co., 181 Tremont St., Boston, Mass.
Chess Pieces
The wooden chess set pieces were carved by Zabdiel Boylston Adams and Fred Guyer during internment at Libby Prison in May 1864. Both were Captains in the Union army and injured and captured at the Battle of Wilderness.
Child from Dr. Kazanjian's family
Wrapped with others in yellow paper labeled "?" in original box labeled "Harvard Stadium".
Child from Dr. Kazanjian's family
Wrapped with others in yellow paper labeled "?" in original box labeled "Harvard Stadium".
Child from Dr. Kazanjian's family
Wrapped with others in yellow paper labeled "?" in original box labeled "Harvard Stadium".
Child from Dr. Kazanjian's family
Wrapped with others in yellow paper labeled "?" in original box labeled "Harvard Stadium".
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences certificate of recognition, awarded to Sven Paulin
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences certificate of recognition, awarded to Sven Paulin in appreciation and recognition for his professional visit. Paulin traveled with his wife, Birgit Paulin, and his colleagues Herbert Abrams and Stanley Baum.
Chirurgie francoise
Principally a translation of the De chirurgia of Paul of Aegina, the Chirurgie françoise of Jacques Dalechamps incorporates information from other Classical writers as well as from Ambroise Paré, the foremost contemporary authority on…
Cholic
This print is part of a set that illustrates the discomforts and pain of illness. Note the use of the little demons to explain the cause of pain and illness.
Christian! I know I'll be there
At head of title: Help the blind. Please buy a hymn from a blind man, who was made so by brain fever, and is thrown upon his own resources for a living.
Christmas at the ward in Camiers
From box labeled "Camier / World War I. VHK.", which includes a few images of Camiers and of soldiers on the boat coming home from the war, and many images of staff at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.
Christmas at the ward in Camiers
From box labeled "War Slides," including pictures of Camiers patients, officers, town, and hospital.
Christmas at the ward in Camiers
From box labeled "War Slides," including pictures of Camiers patients, officers, town, and hospital.
Church bells amongst rubble in Champagne
From unlabeled box containing pictures of soldiers, wreckage, and battles throughout France.
Circle of Willies, circa 1909.
Silhouettes and autographs of members of the Harvard Medical School Class of 1909 with color illustration of the Circle of Willis
Circular, [New York, N.Y., October, 1914]
Established and sponsored by members of the American colony in Paris soon after the outbreak of hostilities, the American Ambulance Hospital was ready for the reception of patients on September 1, 1914, at the Lycee Pasteur in Neuilly, Paris. The…
City street
From box titled "Dr. Cushing's Lantern Slides. Base Hospital No. 5. 1917-1919 .H. C. Cranial Wounds 1917 & 1918." All lantern slides manufactured by Weeke's Manufacturing Co., 181 Tremont St., Boston, Mass.
Clarence J. Gamble
Gamble was a key advocate for family planning and worked with the Birth Control Federation and Planned Parenthood Federation to create global awareness regarding the benefits of contraceptives for the individual, family and community.
Classified index to specific medical periodicals
As part of his dedicatory address at the Boston Medical Library, Holmes praised, in particular, the development of periodical indexes. “This idea has long been working in the minds of scholars, and all who have had occasion to follow out any…
Clinical Studies of the Respiration, IV. The Vital Capacity of the Lungs and Its Relation to Dyspnea, Archives of Internal Medicine (Chic). 1917;XX(3): 443-467. doi: 10.1001/ archinte.1917, page 446.
Figures 2 and 3 from "Clinical Studies of the Respiration, IV. The Vital Capacity of the Lungs and Its Relation to Dyspnea" in the September 1917 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, by F. W. Peabody and J.A. Wentworh, show spirometers in use.
Clinical Surgery
Shortly before his death, Dr. J. Mason Warren began to assemble the manuscript case reports and correspondence of his father, intending to publish this material as a record of Dr. John Collins Warren's years of experience in clinical surgery. That…
Clinique de M. Louis
After studying medicine with James Jackson, Holmes continued his medical education in Europe, beginning in the summer of 1833. He studied with some of France’s most famous physicians, including Marjolin, Roux, Velpeau, and Andral; this is…
Close up of gunpowder around wound
From a set of two boxes of lantern slides by Dr. Robert Battey Greenough, covering his service in 1915 with the First Harvard Unit and the American Ambulance in France during World War I.
Closer view of sandbag fortifications to chapel
From a set of two boxes of lantern slides by Dr. Robert Battey Greenough, covering his service in 1915 with the First Harvard Unit and the American Ambulance in France during World War I.
Cobb orthopedic elevator
Metal instrument with a spoon type end and six-angled handle. It has the stamped inscription "SP" on it. The spoon is sharp and was used for carving and blunt dissection.
Cobb, Stanley, 1887-1968. Papers, 1898-1982 (inclusive),
1901-1968 (bulk): Finding Aid.
The finding aid for the Stanley Cobb papers underwent a significant revision in 2020 to bring the archival description into alignment with the Center's new Guidelines for Inclusive and Conscientious Description. This is a copy of the now-deprecated…
Cocoanut Grove injuries
On November 28, 1942 the Cocoanut Grove, a nightclub in Boston's South End caught on fire. There were nearly one thousand people crammed inside and over five hundred of them died. Though Dr. Cannon was drafted earlier in 1942, his induction was…
Codman, E.A. (Ernest Amory), 1869-1940. Papers, 1849-1981: Finding Aid
The finding aid for the Ernest Amory Codman papers underwent a significant revision in 2020 to bring the archival description into alignment with the Center's new Guidelines for Inclusive and Conscientious Description. This is a copy of the…
Codons notebooks
These three laboratory notebooks from geneticist Philip Leder (1934- ) were used while he was a postdoctoral researcher working with Marshall W. Nirenberg (1927- ). Leder and Nirenberg developed an experiment in 1964 to allow the mapping of…
Cohn centrifuge bowls
After World War II, Harvard researcher Edwin Joseph Cohn (1892-1953) devised a small centrifuge in which a donor's blood could be quickly separated into its components and stored more efficiently. The centrifugal force employed divides the heavier…
Collection of Sturgeons' Teeth
In addition to its human specimens, the Dental Museum had a rich collection of skulls, jaws, and teeth from animals and fish to illustrate principles of comparative odontology.
Colonnade
From box "Photographies stereoscopieques sur verre en tons chauds. Chateau de Versailles. Les Bassins." Purchased positive stereoscopic photographs of the pools and fountains at Versailles. Glass plates are numbered, and numbers correspond to a…
Colonnade
From box labeled "Photographies stereoscopieques sur verre en tons chauds. Chateau de Versailles. Bassins - Grandes Eaux." Purchased positive stereoscopic photographs of the pools and fountains at Versailles. Box contains many duplicate plates from…