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Ziegler chick embryological model
Colored wax model of early chick development mounted onto pedestal base. Model shows dissected view of chick. Part of twenty-three piece model series created by Adolf Ziegler in accordance with Wilhelm His.
Zabdiel Boylston Adams (1829-1902)
A graduate of Harvard Medical School in 1853, Zabdiel Boylston Adams enlisted in 1861, joining the 7th Massachusetts Volunteers as an assistant surgeon. He was later a captain with the 56th Massachusetts Volunteers. Adams was wounded at Orange…
Ypres. Oct. 28th 1917
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.
Ypres walls
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.
Young woman
From box labeled "Souki." Pictures of Dr. Kazanjian and family, mostly of baby Helene.
Young girl on a bridge in Ypres
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.
Young girl in bed
From box labeled "Switzerland and Family" containing pictures from a Kazanjian family vacation.
X-ray of unknown subject
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.
X-ray of surgical straps around tibia
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.
X-ray of surgical strap around tibia
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.
X-ray of sliced tibia
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.
X-ray of sliced tibia
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.
X-ray of skull in profile
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.
X-ray of skull in profile
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.
X-ray of skull from back
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.
X-ray of skull
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.
X-ray of shrapnel in limb
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.
X-ray of shattered humerus
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.
X-ray of scattered shrapnel in leg
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.
X-ray of scattered shrapnel in hip
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.
X-ray of safety pin in leg
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.
X-ray of metal in chest
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.
X-ray of hole in bone in tibia
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.
X-ray of hip
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.
X-ray of hand with shrapnel scattered throughout
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.
X-ray of hand with shattered metacarpal
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.
X-ray of hand with broken fingers
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.
X-ray of hand with broken finger
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.
X-ray of curved metal piece in elbow
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.
X-ray of broken tibia
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.
X-ray of broken humerus
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.
X-ray of arm with shattered humerus and scattered shrapnel
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.
X-ray of arm with scattered shrapnel
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.
X-ray of arm with broken bone in fore arm
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.
Wyman, Jeffries, 1814-1874. Papers, 1826-1936 (inclusive), 1849-1874 (bulk): Finding Aid
The finding aid for the Jeffries Wyman underwent a significant revision in 2021 to bring the archival description into alignment with the Center's Guidelines for Inclusive and Conscientious Description. This is a copy of the now-deprecated original…
Wright, Louis T. (Louis Tompkins), 1891-1952. Papers, 1909-1997 (inclusive), 1919-1953 (bulk): Finding Aid, 2023 January 26.
"The finding aid for the Louis T. Wright papers underwent a significant revision in 2023 as a product of collection re-processing. This is a copy of the now-deprecated finding aid that is being maintained for transparency around the descriptive…
Wright, Louis T. (Louis Tompkins), 1891-1952. Papers, 1879, 1898, 1909-1997: Finding Aid
The finding aid for the Louis T. Wright 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…
Wounds to shin and foot
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.
Wounds to back of head
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.
Wounded soldier on a stretcher en route to an aid post
From unlabeled box containing pictures of soldiers, wreckage, and battles throughout France.
Wounded carried by horses are brought to ambulance vehicles
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.
Wounded carried by horses and on stretchers
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.
Wound to knee
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.
Wound passing through the shoulder
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.
World's Largest Tooth Now Owned by Harvard
In 1929, Boston newspapers ran some unusual articles on the latest acquisition of the Dental Museum. This was no human Tooth, but a mastodon's tusk estimated to be 50,000 years old. Over 11 feet long and weighing 300 pounds, it was one of the…
Wooden props supporting a damaged stone wall
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.
Wooden binaural stethoscope, late 19th century
Denison’s type of stethoscope. The ear pieces are made of dark brown wood (?) which lead into flexible woven tubes and a large chest piece. Originally this type of stethoscope comes with three interchangeable chest pieces for hearing different types…
Women in white enter church
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.
Women in Medicine: Guide For Classroom Use
The video series "Women in Medicine" was designed for use in social studies and science classes and in career counseling centers. Nine videotaped profiles introduce students to distinguished women in academic medicine. There are study questions for…
Women in medicine
Soon after his appointment as Dean of Harvard Medical School, though before he assumed that office, Robert Higgins Ebert (1914-1996) delivered this address at Vassar, at that time still a women's college. Ebert states, "I believe in education for…
Woman and child from Dr. Kazanjian's family
Wrapped with others in yellow paper labeled "?" in original box labeled "Harvard Stadium".
Windswept sky above a snowy landscape
From box labeled "St. Croix. Switzerland" containing pictures from a Kazanjian family vacation.
Windmill
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.
William P. Van Wagenen at the microscope
Part of a collection of photographic negatives for images taken by Richard U. Light (1902-1994) of senior medical and surgical staff of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, from 1930 to 1935, during the period of his surgical…
William P. Van Wagenen at the microscope
Part of a collection of photographic negatives for images taken by Richard U. Light (1902-1994) of senior medical and surgical staff of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, from 1930 to 1935, during the period of his surgical…
William Mahoney playing croquet at the Cushing's
Part of a collection of photographic negatives for images taken by Richard U. Light (1902-1994) of senior medical and surgical staff of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, from 1930 to 1935, during the period of his surgical…
William J. Dale
A portrait of Brigadier-General William J. Dale, the Surgeon-General of Massachusetts who refused to approve the appointment of homeopath Henry Perkins Shattuck (1844-1902), an 1866 graduate of Harvard Medical School, who was appointed Medical…
William Augustus Hinton
William A. Hinton (1883-1959) was born on December 15, 1883 in Chicago, Illinois. His parents were both enslaved. He entered Harvard College in 1902 and graduated in 1905. Between undergrad and medical school, Hinton taught at Walden University in…
William and Lucy Graves Taliaferro photograph album
Third of four photograph albums of William and Lucy Graves Taliaferro.Compiled photographs reflect the Taliaferros' domestic and professional life, including their extensive travels in Europe and the Americas. The Taliaferro's were a research team…
William and Lucy Graves Taliaferro photograph album
Second of four photograph albums of William and Lucy Graves Taliaferro. Compiled photographs reflect the Taliaferros' domestic and professional life, including their extensive travels in Europe and the Americas. The Taliaferro's were a research team…
William and Lucy Graves Taliaferro photograph album
First of four photograph albums of William and Lucy Graves Taliaferro. Compiled photographs reflect the Taliaferros' domestic and professional life, including their extensive travels in Europe and the Americas. The Taliaferro's were a research team…
Will of Ezekiel Hersey
In his will, Hingham physician Ezekiel Hersey bequeathed £1,000 to the Harvard Corporation to fund a professorship in anatomy and physic [physiology]. Although it took some years for the Corporation to establish a program of medical study, in…
When you are not in the thick of things - Countway Library of Medicine and Newtonville
Bystander, Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Newtonville, bombing, shootout [Link to full document at bottom of page]
When I left my good home
Title from first line.
Within border of type ornaments.
At head of text: Written by James R. Thomas, Company H, First Regt., P.R.V.C. Lost his arm at the Battle of South Mountain, Sept. 14th, 1862.
What Progress Toward More Effective Birth Control?
While Stone expanded services at the Margaret Sanger Research Bureau to include fertility services and marital counseling, his national profile increased. He lectured internationally and contributed to popular publications like Readers Digest.
What can be done to better the race?
This letter by Gay summarizes the state of eugenics and alludes to the states which have enacted sterilization laws but concedes that an educational program is the most practical means to promote eugenic policy. The article was reprinted as…
Weiss Epidural Needle
Jess Bernard Weiss, MD (1917-2007), Anesthesiologist-in-Chief at BWH predecessor institution, Boston Lying-in Hospital/Boston Hospital for Women, from 1961 to 1981, improved the epidural needle, circa 1961, by adding wings which allowed the…
Wedgwood medallion of Oliver Wendell Holmes
Medallion of Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) for Richard Briggs Co., Boston around 1895.
