Anatomy--study and teaching

Scope and Contents:

Twenty albumen photographs depicting anatomical preparations of decapitated human heads in various stages of dissection. Images vary in size and are mounted uniformly on 14x11 inch mats, many bearing Mosher's name. Some photographs are labeled and accompanied by detailed description written directly on the mat. Included are images depicting the surgical technique known as Killian's Operations and examples of the Nasal Turbinates.

Overview: The Jeffries Wyman papers, 1826-1936 (inclusive), 1849-1874 (bulk) are the product of Wyman's research, teaching, professional, and publishing activities throughout his career as a naturalist and scientific researcher with positions as the Hersey Professor of Anatomy at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; curator of what is now the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University; curator of the Lowell Institute, Boston; and as a professor of anatomy and...