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John H.T. McPherson, Jr. letter describing the treatment of Cocoanut Grove fire victims at Boston City Hospital

Item — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c480
Content Description:

Letter dated 30 November 1942 from John H.T. McPherson, Jr. to friends and family describing treatment of burn victims at Boston City Hospital in the aftermath of the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire on November 28, 1942. 2 pages, typescript.

Cambridge Medical Improvement Society Centennial Dinner Meeting program, 9 May 1968

Collection — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c555
Content Description:

Two copies of the program from the Centennial Dinner Meeting of the Cambridge Medical Improvement Society, held in Boston, Massachusetts on May 9, 1968. One copy is autographed by guest speakers Paul Dudley White and Christiaan N. Barnard.

Letter from Sir James Paget to unknown recipient, 8 November 1872

Item — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c498
Content Description:

Letter from James Paget, 8 November 1872, to an unknown recipient confirming a meeting at 58 Eaton Place, London, England, for the following day.

Letter from Sir Astley Cooper to Reverend Dr. Burney, circa 1812

Item — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c495
Content Description:

Undated letter, probably circa 1812, from Sir Astley Cooper addressed to The Reverend Dr. Burney of Greenwich [England], probably Charles Burney Jr (1757-1817), declining an invitation to dinner. Accompanied by a handwritten transcription of the letter created by Gerald Shklar.

Albert M. Grass correspondence regarding electroencephalogram (EEG) machines

Collection — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c518
Content Description:

Correspondence created and collected by Albert M. Grass regarding six- and eight-channel electroencephalograph (EEG) machines manufactured by the Grass Instrument Company and used in the Harvard Medical School Department of Neurology and The Neurological Institute of Children's Medical Center (now Boston Children's Hospital) for the study and diagnosis of epilepsy.

William Henry Porter papers

Collection — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c521
Content Description: Consists of letters and other records created and collected by William Henry Porter. There is a two-page writing titled “What Is Man;” a letter from Porter to Brother Harvey inquiring about his coming to Surry, New Hampshire to serve as that community’s physician; a photograph of Porter; a “Receipt for Special Tax” charging Porter $10 for having the occupation of physician in 1869; a letter from Porter and his wife (unnamed) thanking their friends for a surprise on their twentieth wedding...

Raquel E. Cohen papers Digital

Collection — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c545
Content Description: Records created and collected by Raquel E. Cohen including records related to her acceptance into the first class of women at Harvard Medical School in 1945, news clippings and letters related to Cohen's professional activities, and writings. Also includes an archived copy of the website, "Raquel Cohen, MD, MPH: Mental Health Information in Disasters" (raquelcohendisaster.com) captured in 2018. The website consists of biographical information on Cohen, resources on psychosocial...

Letters to Judith Kruger from Robert E. Gross and David Halbersleben

Collection — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c520
Content Description: Consists of three letters to Judith Kruger. In a letter from Robert E. Gross, dated 25 June 1982, Gross explains his receipt of Kruger's letter via Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Gross alludes to Kruger's recovery from an "open ductus," and he also expresses satisfaction that more surgeons are performing procedures to correct congenital conditions. He also mentions his time working with David Halbersleben at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston,...

Letter from Benjamin Alexander to Dr. Wessler regarding Beth Israel Hospital Medical Senior Staff Dinner

Item — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c502
Content Description:

1 page letter from Benjamin Alexander inviting Dr. Wessler to attend the Beth Israel Hospital Medical Senior Staff Dinner and detailing the agenda for that meeting.

Roche Laboratories pamphlet series "The Story of Psychosomatic Medicine"

Collection — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c557
Content Description: Consists of a series of five pamphlets published by the Roche Laboratories Professional Services Department between 1968 and 1969. Pamphlets are titled: 1. Walter B. Cannon: the "fight or flight" principle; 2. Hans Elye: the concept of "stress"; 3. Franz Alexander: physiologic concomitants of psychic conflict; 4. Franz Alexander (part II): the measurements of psychophysiologic reactions - "stressor films"; 5. Tom's Fistula/The Influence of emotions on gastric function. Stewart Wolf &...

Walter Babcock Swift student notes on autopsy protocols

Collection — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c490
Scope and Contents:

Two volumes titled "Autopsy Protocols," one unaltered and the other inscribed by Harvard Medical School student W. B. Swift and containing Swift's notes on autopsies performed between October and December 1903 at several Boston hospitals.

Asa Whitcomb letter to Dr. David Townsend, 17 July 1776.

Item — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c489
Content Description:

Original and two copies of a July 1776 letter from Colonel Asa Whitcomb to Dr. David Townsend regarding the inoculation of Whitcomb's regiment, presumably against smallpox.

Albert Jones Bellows carte de visite, circa 1868

Item — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c491
Content Description:

Carte de visite of Albert Jones Bellows, M.D., taken at the studio of James Wallace Black, 163 Washington St., Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1868. Pencil inscription on reverse reads, "Dr. Bellows, Roxbury, Mass."

Howard Stanley Yaffee anatomy lecture notes

Collection — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c586
Content Description:

Consists of one bound notebook labeled "Anatomy Lectures" containing notes taken by Howard Yaffee while attending lectures in gross anatomy and neuroanatomy at Harvard Medical School between 1947 and 1948; lecture schedules are stapled at the front of the volume.

Howard A. Naquin letter to Henry Moorman describing his experience on D-Day

Item — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c585
Content Description:

Consists of one letter written on June 11, 1944, from Howard A. Naquin to his former Harvard Medical School classmate, Henry Dean "Hank" Moorman, describing his experience aboard a United States military ship off the coast of France on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

Mark Clement draft writing titled "The Medical Treatment of Cancer: Introduction"

Collection — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c590
Scope and Contents:

Consists of a typed draft of The Medical Treatment of Cancer: Introduction, written by Mark Clement on 06 November 1937 in Hampstead, London, England. The manuscript describes the problem of cancer and the available treatments, and proposes dietary and medical treatments. The rest of the work is outlined following the Introduction.

Letter from Ellen L. Moyle to Dr. C. I. Miller

Collection — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c589
Scope and Contents:

Letter from Ellen Moyle to C. I. Miller, a doctor, describing her symptoms and requesting that he send something for her to take, since it is "inconvenient" for her to travel to Whitewater, Wisconsin. Letter is written from La Grange, Wisconsin on 06 May 1895. With envelope.

Harold B. Haley correspondence with Francis D. Moore

Collection — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c429
Scope and Contents:

Letters written between Harold B. Haley and Francis D. Moore; three letters from Moore dated 1956, 1977 and 1978; two letters by Haley, dated 1977 and 1978. The letters discuss aspects of the surgical program at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and topics in medical history.

Robert Latou Dickinson illustrations of female pelvic and reproductive organs for Tampax Incorporated

Collection — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c414
Scope and Contents:

8.5 inch x 11 inch double-sided, laminated, color teaching illustration of the female pelvic organs and female reproductive organs. Item belonged to obstetrician-gynecologist Joseph J. Weyer (1908-1994) who practiced in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Illustrations were prepared by Robert Latou Dickinson (1861-1950) and published by the Educational Department, Tampax Incorporated, New York, New York (undated).

Joyce E. Monac photographs of the Department of Environmental Health

Collection — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c621
Scope and Contents:

13 photographs created and collected by Joyce Monac featuring scientists from China visiting the Department of Environmental Health at the Harvard School of Public Health in the mid-1970s. Jack Spengler and Doug Dockery are identifiable faculty in the photographs.

Francis Weld Peabody letters to his father

Collection — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c649
Content Description:

Accession consists of thirteen letters and one enclosure written from Francis Weld Peabody (1881-1927) to his father during Peabody's time serving in World War I. Most are sent from Neufchâteau, France. Letters describe Peabody's experience traveling to Europe, his illness with influenza, and experience working in a field hospital. The letters--most of which are handwritten--are accompanied by typed transcripts.

David Steinmuller correspondence with Joseph E. Murray

Collection — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c578
Scope and Contents:

Consists of correspondence between David Steinmuller and Joseph E. Murray dated between 1996 and 1998. The letters are about Steinmuller's review article on skin and organ transplantation (allografts, or grafts from same-species donors). Includes a reprint of Steinmuller's article, The Enigma of Skin Allograft Rejection, from Transplantation Reviews, Vol. 12, No 1 (January), 1998, pp. 42-57.

Henry Dean Moorman letter describing his experience at Boston City Hospital following the Cocoanut Grove Fire

Item — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c584
Content Description:

Consists of a handwritten letter from Henry Dean "Hank" Moorman, Jr. to his parents describing his experience at the Boston City Hospital on the morning following the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire in November of 1942. Moorman was a Harvard Medical School student at the time of the fire and was likely serving as an intern at the Boston City Hospital.

Letter from John Warren to William Eustis regarding an opening at the Boston Marine Hospital Digital

Item — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c430
Scope and Contents:

Two page letter from John Warren (1753-1815) to Secretary of War William Eustis (1753-1825) 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 of the Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts and writes to support his son, John Collins Warren (1778-1856), as a possible candidate.

Charles Barber Mueller research records

Collection — Box: Small Manuscript Collections 01Identifier: H MS c453
Scope and Contents:

Consists of records related to research on phosphorous and red blood cells conducted by Charles Barber Mueller during his Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship in Biochemistry at Harvard Medical School in 1947. This research resulted in two 1951 publications in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, co-authored by Mueller and A. Baird Hastings: "The Rate of Transfer of Phosphorus Across the Red Blood Cell Membrane" and "Glycolysis and Phosphate Fractions of Red Blood Cells."