The Center for the History of Medicine has recently added new items to the catalog. Some highlights include:
- Bakker, G. Descriptio iconis pelvis femininae et schematum capitis infantilis, iisque illustrata partus humani mechanismus. Apud W. van Boekeren, 1816.
- This obstetrical atlas includes two movable paper manikins of infants to demonstrate birthing positions.
- Bando per causa di contaggio. per Prospero Vedrotti, 1676.
- This broadside announces a city-wide quarantine in Reggio-Emilia to prevent the spread of an unnamed pestilence, likely the plague.
- Suffolk County Mothers’ March on Polio. [Mothers’ March on Polio Flyer]. Boston School Department, 1954.
- This flyer in support of the polio vaccine includes a handwritten cookie recipe on the back.
- Biheron, Marie-Marguerite. Anatomie artificielle. impr. de P. A. Le Prieur, 1761.
- This is an exhibition announcement for a collection of anatomical models created by Marie-Marguerite Biheron.
- Mickle, Shelley Fraser. Borrowing Life : How Scientists, Surgeons, and a War Hero Made the First Successful Organ Transplant a Reality. Charlesbridge, 2020.
- This book on the first organ transplant which took place at Brigham Hospital was donated to the Center by the author.
- Burbidge, F. W. The Gardens of the Sun : A Naturalist’s Journal of Borneo and the Sulu Archipelago. Oxford University Press, 1991.
- Śarmā, Rāmakaraṇa, et al. Agniveśa’s Caraka Saṃhita : Text with English Translation & Critical Exposition Based on Cakrapāṇi Datta’s Āyurveda Dīpikā. 1st ed., Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, 1976-2002.
- These items are some of the titles in the Ted J. Kaptchuk Collection which includes material on traditional Chinese Medicine and other alternative medicine practices.
These are all available for use in the Center’s reading room. Come on in and take a look! Contact the Center for the History of Medicine for more information and to set up an appointment. Happy reading!