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Bowditch, H. P. (Henry Pickering)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1840 - 1911

Biography

Henry Picking Bowditch was an American soldier, physician, physiologist, and dean of the Harvard Medical School. Following his teacher Carl Ludwig, he promoted the training of medical practitioners in a context of physiological research. His teaching career at Harvard spanned 35 years.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Harvard Medical School buildings and grounds, Vanderbilt Hall, and the Seeley G. Mudd Building images

Collection Identifier: RG M-CL02, Series 00097c
Overview:

This finding aid describes photographs, lantern slides, negatives, postcards, and prints portraying Vanderbilt Hall and the Seeley G. Mudd Building at Harvard Medical School.

Harvard Medical School clubs and associations photographs

Collection Identifier: RG M-CL02, Series 00094
Overview:

The photographs described in this finding aid portray clubs and associations whose members are Harvard Medical School students, alumni, or faculty.

Harvard Medical School interior images

Collection Identifier: RG M-CL02, Series 00096a
Overview:

This finding aid describes photographs, lantern slides, negatives and photomechanical prints depicting the interiors of Harvard Medical School buildings.

Henry Pickering Bowditch papers

Collection Identifier: H MS c5
Overview:

H. P. (Henry Pickering) Bowditch (1840-1911) established the first physiological laboratory at Harvard Medical School and taught at the school for 35 years. The collection consists mainly of correspondence but also includes family research records, personal papers including military records, lectures, writings, and manuscript materials.

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Subject
Composite Photographs 3
Harvard Medical School -- Photograph collections. 3
Photographs 3
Harvard Medical School -- Alumni and alumnae. 2
Harvard Medical School -- Buildings. 2
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Harvard Medical School -- Faculty. 2
Harvard Medical School -- Students. 2
Lantern slides. 2
Portraits, Group. 2
Architecture -- Designs and plans. 1
Auditoriums -- Massachusetts -- Boston. 1
Boston University -- Buildings. 1
Classrooms. 1
Correspondence 1
Courtyards -- Massachusetts -- Boston. 1
Deans (Education) -- Massachusetts. 1
Devices (Heraldry) 1
Dining rooms -- Massachusetts -- Boston. 1
Dormitories -- Massachusetts -- Boston. 1
Drawings. 1
Education, Medical (MeSH) 1
Faculty, Medical 1
Gymnasiums -- Massachusetts -- Boston. 1
Harvard Medical School -- Awards. 1
Harvard Medical School -- Employees. 1
Harvard Medical School -- Societies, etc. 1
Harvard Medical School -- Study and teaching. 1
Harvard School of Dental Medicine -- Students. 1
Harvard University -- Anniversaries, etc. 1
Harvard University -- Employees. 1
Human dissection. 1
Human physiology 1
Laboratories. 1
Maps 1
Medical Education. 1
Medical education. 1
Medical librarians. 1
Medical libraries. 1
Medical scientists. 1
Medical students. 1
Medicine -- Study and teaching 1
Medicine -- Study and teaching. 1
Military Personnel 1
Military Records 1
Negatives 1
Negatives. 1
Nobel Prize-winning scientists. 1
Oscar C. Tugo Circle (Boston, Mass.) 1
Personal Papers 1
Photomechanical prints. 1
Phrenology. 1
Physicians (MeSH) 1
Physicians -- Photographs. 1
Physicians -- Portraits. 1
Physiologists 1
Physiology -- Research 1
Physiology, Experimental 1
Plazas -- Massachusetts -- Boston. 1
Postcards. 1
Power-plants. 1
Prints. 1
Schools, Medical 1
Sculpture. 1
Skull. 1
Stairs. 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Monuments -- Massachusetts -- Boston. 1
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