On May 10th, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Archivist Catherine Pate interviewed Julia McCatty Collymore, NP, retired. Mrs. Collymore (Class of 1956) was the first Black individual to graduate from the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital School of Nursing.
Brigham and Women's hospital Archivist, Catherine Pate, explores the origin of a mysterious metal box filled with labeled glass bottles and anesthesia paraphernalia…
An American Journal of Nursing article published in December of 1915 announced the start of an organization whose work became so important to saving the lives of wounded soldiers that Dr. Harvey Cushing. . . was moved to create a memorial tablet for it with the intention of permanently embedding it in the walls of his hospital.
The Center for the History of Medicine and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Medical Library are pleased to announce that the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Records, 1830– 980 are now open for research.
In 1963, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, a parent hospital of the current incarnation, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, celebrated its 50th anniversary. One way staff marked the occasion was with a time capsule...