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Drawing of sclerosis of the aorta
Based on: Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart...Boston: Wait, Thomas B., 1809.
Drawing of sclerosis of the aortic valve
Based on: Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart...Boston: Wait, Thomas B., 1809.
On the importance of the study of anatomy. From the Westminster Review, with some additional remarks
This pamphlet on anatomy and dissection laws is attributed to English sanitary reformer, Thomas Southwood Smith, who would later perform the anatomical dissection of Jeremy Bentham in 1832. The "additional remarks," included in the reprinting of the…
Teaching watercolor of phlebitis and sepsis
After Sir Jonathan Hutchinson's Illustrations of clinical surgery, plate 36
Teaching watercolor of a gangrenous ulcer on the thigh of a boy
After the description by John Bell in The principles of surgery p. 109
Teaching watercolor of true and false keloid scars
After Jean-Louis-Marie Alibert's Description des maladies de la peau, v.2, plates after pg. 36
Teaching watercolor of skin neoplasms, a man's head with skin cancer near the mouth, and a magnified view of skin cancer ulcer
After Jean-Louis-Marie Alibert's Description des maladies de la peau, v.2, plate between pages 45 and 46, and after Carl Thiersch's Der Epithelialkrebs namentlich der Haut atlas, table VI
Teaching watercolor of a keloid scar after a scald and of a boy with face and neck scarring
After Sir Jonathan Hutchinson's Illustrations of Clinical Surgery, plate 88, and after a photograph probably taken by J. Collins Warren
Teaching watercolor of general emphysema following penetrating stab wound of the thorax
After Franz von Pitha and Theodor Billroth's Handbuch der allgemeinen und speciellen Chirurgie, vol. III, C, page 136
Teaching watercolors of early appearances of entry and exit gunshot wounds
After Medical and surgical history of the War of the Rebellion, plates 39 and 40
Teaching watercolor of entrance and exit gunshot wounds through bone
After the Report of the Surgeon General of the Army 1893, and after a photograph from the U.S. Army Medical Museum
Teaching watercolor of an unknown female subject with a rectal prolapse
Possibly of a local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of total abdominal hysterectomy
After J. M. Baldy's American text-book of gynecology, plate XXVI and XXVII
Teaching watercolor of vaginal hysterectomy with clamps
After J. M. Baldy's American text-book of gynecology, plate XIX
Teaching watercolor of tumor at actual size
Possibly of a local Boston patient
Teaching watercolor of knot formation of the intestines
After Franz Koenig's Lehrbuch der speciellen Chirurgie, vol. II, page 228
Teaching watercolor of knot formation of the intestines
After Franz Koenig's Lehrbuch der speciellen Chirurgie, vol. II, page 228, figures 23 and 24
Teaching watercolor of gastric fistula and the surgical insertion of the tube
After Hermann Tillmans' Lehrbuch der allgemeinen und speciellen Chirurgie, figures 371-373
Teaching watercolor of capillaries
After sketches by J. C. Warren
Teaching watercolor of capillaries
After sketches by J. C. Warren
Teaching watercolor of capillaries
After sketches by J. C. Warren
Teaching watercolor of capillaries
After sketches by J. C. Warren
John Warren to Secretary of War William Eustis regarding an opening at the Boston Marine Hospital
Two page letter from John Warren to Secretary of War William Eustis regarding an opening at the Navy's Boston Marine Hospital. Warren remarks that he hopes that the new appointee would employ favorable teaching conditions for the faculty and students…
An act more effectually to protect the sepulchres of the dead, and to legalize the study of anatomy in certain cases.
Bound copy of the 1831 "An act more effectually to protect the sepulchres of the dead, and to legalize the study of anatomy in certain cases."
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
Records of the Massachusetts Medical Library
The Massachusetts Medical Society formed its own library in 1782. Although the Boston Medical Library surpassed it in size, this record of the library's circulation from the mid-1820s indicates several of the Boston Medical Library…
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…
Proprietor's Share Certificate for John Collins Warren
Only one example of the certificate of a Boston Medical Library Proprietor exists. The term "social library" indicates that members (the "socii") paid for a share allowing access and privileges.
Pocket Watch
This Swiss gold repeating pocket watch was presented by Dr. Henry I. Bowditch to Dr. John Collins Warren "with gratitude and respect" upon his retirement from the faculty of Harvard Medical School on March 2, 1847. At Dr. Warren's death, the watch…
Portrait of Dr. John Collins Warren
One of the most renowned American surgeons of the 19th century, Dr. John Collins Warren (born on August 1, 1778) graduated from Harvard College in 1797, then began the study of medicine with his father, Dr. John Warren. In 1799, he went abroad,…
Dr. John Collins Warren (1778-1856)
One of the most renowned American surgeons of the 19th century, Dr. John Collins Warren (born on August 1, 1778) graduated from Harvard College in 1797, then began the study of medicine with his father, Dr. John Warren. In 1799, he went abroad,…
Surgical Operations on Tumours with Cases and Operations
Based on years of study and examination of patients and specimens, this compendium of Dr. John Collins Warren's research was intended to help physicians distinguish between different kinds of tumors and growths. Specimens from several of the cases…
Bust of Dr. John Collins Warren (1778-1856)
One of the most renowned American surgeons of the 19th century, Dr. John Collins Warren (born on August 1, 1778) graduated from Harvard College in 1797, then began the study of medicine with his father, Dr. John Warren. In 1799, he went abroad,…
Dr. John Collins Warren (1778-1856)
One of the most renowned American surgeons of the 19th century, Dr. John Collins Warren (born on August 1, 1778) graduated from Harvard College in 1797, then began the study of medicine with his father, Dr. John Warren. In 1799, he went abroad,…
Description of an Egyptian Mummy
Renowned for his expertise in pathological analysis, Dr. John Collins Warren was approached by the Massachusetts General Hospital to report on the authenticity of an Egyptian mummy which had been donated to the hospital in 1823. The examination
Pedigree of the Family of Warren
Shortly before his death, Dr. John Collins Warren (1778-1856) researched and published Genealogy of Warren with Some Historical Sketches (Boston : John Wilson and Son, 1854), tracing his family from its earliest origins down through the birth of his…
Physical Education and the Preservation of Health
The second edition of Dr. Warren
Surgical Notes of John Collins Warren (1778-1856)
This record of the practice of Dr. John Collins Warren documents the treatment of some of his surgical patients and more unusual cases. The casebook records a number of operations for cataract, lithotomies, and cranial injuries, as well as…
Account Book of John Collins Warren (1778-1856)
These personal accounts from 1822 and 1823 show the salary which Dr. John Collins Warren earned for the professorship of anatomy and surgery at Harvard Medical School and the fee charged for training of individual pupils. The account book also…
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
Memoranda Book of J. Mason Warren (1811-1867)
Before J. Mason Warren departed to pursue his medical studies in Europe, Dr. John Collins Warren composed for him a volume of miscellaneous advice, suggesting lectures to attend and eminent physicians to meet, and charging him with certain…
Autopsy of Dr. John Collins Warren (1778-1856)
John Barnard Swett Jackson was Harvard Medical School's first professor of pathological anatomy and first curator of the Warren Anatomical Museum. He published catalogues of the specimens in the museum of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement…
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…
Etherization, with Surgical Remarks
Following the first public operation with ether anesthesia, Dr. John Collins Warren began to assemble data from over 200 surgical cases to promote the discovery, hoping to change "the slow progress of the practice of etherization in this country…
Insensibility during Surgical Operations Produced by Inhalation
On October 16, 1846, at Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. John Collins Warren performed the first public operation on a patient under ether anesthesia administered by dentist William T. G. Morton. Dr. Henry Jacob Bigelow witnessed the event and…
John Collins Warren
One of the most renowned American surgeons of the 19th century, Dr. John Collins Warren (born on August 1, 1778) graduated from Harvard College in 1797, then began the study of medicine with his father, Dr. John Warren. In 1799, he went abroad,…
Medical Lectures
Dr. John George Metcalf of Mendon attended Harvard Medical School and used this notebook during the lectures of Drs. John Collins Warren, Jacob Bigelow, and Walter Channing. The notebook also served as Metcalf’s diary, and his account of life at…
Report of the Select Committee of the House of Representatives ... Legalizing the Study of Anatomy
This state report provided key arguments for the repeal of the 1815 Act to Protect the Sepulchres of the Dead by the Massachusetts Legislature and so legalized dissection of human bodies for anatomical study. Dr. John Collins Warren, stressing the…
Scalpel and Probe
This Laundy scalpel and probe were the surgical instruments used by Dr. John Collins Warren at the first public operation under ether at the Massachusetts General Hospital on October 16, 1846. Dr. Warren presented the instruments along with his card…
Letter from Oliver Wendell Holmes to John Collins Warren
While Holmes' views on homeopathy are well attested, this letter to Dr. John Collins Warren (1778-1856) indicates he had at least some early interest in the concurrent phrenological movement. Holmes here invites Warren to attend his lecture on the…
Remarks on the case of Dr. Spurzheim
During the early 1830s, Holmes was enrolled at Harvard Medical School, but also sought tuition privately with Dr. James Jackson. Of Holmes, Jackson said to his son, “He can tell you much that is interesting. Do not mind his apparent frivolity and you…
Receipt for Spurzheim's cranium from the Boston Phrenological Society
In 1850, after some years of dormancy, the Boston Phrenological Society's collection of casts and skulls was sold to Dr. John Collins Warren and later added to the specimens of the Warren Anatomical Museum at Harvard Medical School. This is Dr.…
Death of Dr. Spurzheim
This unsigned obituary is one of several articles devoted to J. G. Spurzheim printed in The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal at this time. Note the prominent medical figures, including Drs. John Collins Warren, James Jackson, Walter Channing, and…
A Letter to the Hon. Isaac Parker
John C. Warren's published account of the trial, Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes.
Letter to John C. Warren from Charles Lowell
A letter notifying Dr. Warren that Lowell wrote an article that appeared in the "American Traveller" that morning in which he used his name. He assures Warren that he did not intend to offend, and suggests that by bringing attention to him in the…
Letter to John C. Warren from Dr. Benjamin Barrett
The letter discusses methods employed in setting a hip dislocation as a result of the ongoing trial, Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes.
Statement from John C. Warren
A statement assessing Charles Lowell's character for the sake of the Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes trial.
Letter to John C. Warren from Dr. Samuel Mitchell
Dr. Mitchell sends this letter after having read Dr. Warren's "Letter to the Hon. Isaac Parker," complimenting his work and dedication to the Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes case.
Letter to John C. Warren from Dr. Maxwell McDowell
Dr. McDowell sends his compliments to Dr. Warren on his publication, "Letter to the Hon. Isaac Parker," regarding the Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes court case.
Letter to John C. Warren from J. F. Flagg
The letter contains a discussion of both Charles Lowell's hip diagnosis as well as the court case, Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes.
Letters to John C. Warren from Bradford
Two short letters sent in order to organize and prepare Warren's writing for publishing.
Letter to John C. Warren
A doctor sends the letter to Warren after reading his pamphlet on dislocations of the hip.
Letter to John C. Warren from Dr. Franklin Bache
The letter is sent as a result of an article that appeared in the "N.A Medicine and Surgery Journal".
Letter to John C. Warren from J. F. Flagg
The letter speaks of a drawing of the Os Innominatum that the author will send to Warren in order to illustrate his point in the trial of Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes.
Letter to John C. Warren from Charles Lowell
This letter is sent after Lowell visited Dr. Nathan Smith to get a second opinion on his hip's diagnosis. In it, Lowell explains that Dr. Smith disagrees with Warren, and believes that the bone is not (and has never been) dislocated.
Letter to John C. Warren from Harrison Gray
The letter suggests to Dr. Warren that he publish his work on the Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes case independently of Charles Lowell. Lowell wants to publish the Deposition, but uses the defendant's names freely, so Gray encourages him to go to the…
John C. Warren's answers to Charles Lowell's questions
Dr. Warren's written response to Charles Lowell's questions posed in the name of the Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes court case. Lowell sued his physicians over a dislocated hip bone, and Dr. Warren spoke on behalf of the defendents throughout the trial.