Oliver Wendell Holmes and members of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement
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Title
Oliver Wendell Holmes and members of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement
Subject
Photographs
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894
Boston Society for Medical Improvement
Description
This rare photograph depicts physicians (standing, left to right) Charles Eliot Ware, Robert William Hooper, Le Baron Russell, Samuel Parkman, (seated, left to right) George Amory Bethune, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Samuel Cabot, Jonathan Mason Warren, William Edward Coale, and James Browne Gregerson, near the period of Holmes’ presentation on puerperal fever. The photograph was possibly taken at one of the events for which Holmes wrote and delivered a celebratory poem.
Abstract
Photograph of Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) with members of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement around 1853
Creator
Unknown
Date Created
1853, circa
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Picture Collection, Ser. 249, box 3, f. 3
Format
image
Extent
1 photograph
Medium
black and white photograph
Type
still image
Identifier
DigID0002141
Provenance
Reproduced from an original donated by Joseph Warren to the Boston Medical Library, 1940
Files
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Oliver Wendell Holmes and members of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement,” OnView, accessed April 23, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/6255.