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F. H. Veo was a dental graduate of the Class of 1897. This specimen is almost certainly the student piece he created as part of the requirements for graduation and then deposited in the Dental Museum.

During World War I, Dr. Varaztad H. Kazanjian (1879-1974) used his surgical skills to treat the soldiers severely disfigured during combat. In 1915, he was appointed chief dental officer of the First Harvard Unit, organized to serve overseas with the…

This report to the Senate outlines the treatment of Union prisoners of war by the Confederate forces at Belle Isle.

"Your committee, therefore, are constrained to say that they can hardly avoid the conclusion, expressed by so many of our released…

Historical justification of slavery.

Historical justification for slavery.

Phrenological study and speculation was still current in the 1920s. This manuscript volume of an unpublished work is peppered with photographs and engravings of celebrities and notables, from traditional phrenological studies of Napoleon and Abraham…

Two piece glass ether inhaler. The body has a narrow globe with two external valves, one for atmospheric air and one for mouthpiece. Mouth piece is glass with a shaped iron fitting that sets into globe.

Laennec type cylindrical stethoscope is made of two parts fitted together. Third part, screw-on wooden tube is missing. The stethoscope is assembled with the chest plug protruding from the funnel shaped chest end of the stethoscope.

Flexible monaural stethoscope, having a metal chest piece at one end and very short, straight earpiece at the other. The tube consist of two components - metal and textile sleeves.

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.

A daguerreotype of John Collins Warren I circa 1848 when he was about seventy years old. This image would have been taken before Warren offered to purchase the Morton crania collection in 1853. Warren and Morton both owned their own crania…

Invitation to the celebration of Sven Paulin's appointment as Miriam H. Stoneman Professor of Radiology at Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School. The reception was attended by Paulin's family and colleagues, including Birgit Paulin, Morris…

Sven Paulin's Harvard Medical School faculty portrait

Sven Paulin's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Emeritus portrait

Sven and Birgit Paulin at the celebration of Sven Paulin's appointment as Miriam H. Stoneman Professor of Radiology at Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Paulin was the first person to hold the named professorship.

Morris Simon giving a toast at the celebration of Sven Paulin's appointment as Miriam H. Stoneman Professor of Radiology at Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Paulin was the first person to hold the named professorship. In the…

Sven Paulin at the Sahlgrenska Sjukhuset, Göteborg, Sweden, where he served as Associate Chief Radiologist. It was here and at the University of Göteborg, that he developed his double-loop catheter technique for coronary angiography.

Sven Paulin, Herb Abrams, Stanley Baum, and colleagues during professional visit to the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences in Beijing, China. Stanley Baum is second from the left, Herb Abrams is in the center, and Sven Paulin is third from the…

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino's proclamation that January 20, 2008 is Dr. Judah Folkman Day.

Keio Medical Science Prize award ceremony invitation.

In 1991, Dr. Folkman received the Gairdner Foundation International Award, which is given to biomedical scientists who have made original contributions to medicine with the goal of contributing through research to increased understanding of human…

Dr. Folkman organized and chaired the 1987 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute angiogenesis symposium held at the National Institutes of Health.

In 1967, Dr. Folkman left Boston City Hospital to succeed Robert Gross as Surgeon-in-Chief at Children's Hospital Medical Center, now named Boston Children's Hospital. He was simultaneously promoted to Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School.

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.

Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin article about Judah Folkman, cardiologist Dr. Paul Dudley White (1886-1973), Dr. Robert Gross, and Airplane.