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Artificial Respiration

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Brigham and Women's Hospital. Emerson Respirator or "Iron Lung," serial number TC-001, manufactured by the J.H. Emerson Co. of Cambridge, Massachusetts in the late 1940s and used at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts until the 2000s, 1940-1950, 1940-2010

Item Identifier: WAM001, 22031
Scope and Content:

Warren Anatomical Museum artifact collections include medical, dental, and public health instruments and devices; anatomical models and casts; furniture; memorabilia; and histological specimens.

Please note that the inventory presented in this finding aid is not a complete or comprehsensive representation of the Museum's artifact holdings; the inventory chiefly represents objects and collections of objects that have been recently accessioned and/or cataloged by the Museum.

James Laverre Whittenberger papers

Collection Identifier: H MS c324
Overview:

The James Laverre Whittenberger papers, 1933-1963, are the product of Whittenberger's research and administrative activities at the Harvard School of Public Health and his involvement with the National Foundation for Infant Paralysis.