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copy of "The Soiling of Old Glory"

Perspectives in Change Website Now Live

July 8, 2020

Explore the history of diversity, inclusion, and belonging for students of color and other underrepresented groups at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM).

Photograph of a lung tissue sample from 1918 showing flu damage

S. Burt Wolbach and the 1918 Flu

July 8, 2020

How did the 1918 flu outbreak at Camp Devens lead to a research push to identify its cause? Check out the...

Boxes of binders on the floor

Feeling the urge to purge? Acquisitions staff are here to help!

June 5, 2020

Feeling the urge to purge? Before you toss those papers, Longwood Medical Area faculty and staff are invited to watch this video and contact the Center for the History of Medicine for help with appraising their professional and research records.

flyer for the LMA COVID-19 Archive (details in article)

Countway Launches LMA COVID-19 Archive

June 5, 2020

The Countway Library is pleased to announce that it is collaborating with the HMS Arts and Humanities Initiative...

Doctors at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts wearing personal protective equipment

How One Hospital Handled the 1918 Influenza Epidemic

April 16, 2020

In 1918, no hospital was spared the responsibility of caring for those afflicted by the worldwide influenza epidemic...

Ornate stemless silver cup with engravings reading: Oliver Wendell Holmes; The pledge of friendship may flow

Oliver Wendell Holmes’ Friendship Cup

April 13, 2020

On August 29, 1889, former dean of Harvard Medical School Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) turned 80 years old...

Floor plan of Webster’s laboratory

Nathan Cooley Keep and the Parkman-Webster Murder Trial

March 31, 2020

In 1846, Nathan Cooley Keep, a dentist, fashioned a set of false teeth for his patient George Parkman...

Page of Latin text illustrated with two naked men with their arms on each others shoulders and the skin pulled back from their torsos to show their inner anatomy. From the 1496 rare book Conciliator differentiarum philosophorum et medicorum.

Remote Services Available!

March 24, 2020

The Center for the History of Medicine’s reading room may be closed due...

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Apply Now for a Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation Research Fellowship

March 24, 2020

The Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation is pleased to provide one $5,000 grant to support...

handwritten recipes for non-alcoholic beverages; recipes include Berry Blush, Party Punch, and Water.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Education Materials

February 5, 2020

Center staff are currently processing the papers of David Dickinson Potter (1930-2019), who was a founding faculty member...

Illustration of the carotid arteries in the neck from an 1897 anatomy text

It's #ColorOurCollections Week 2020!

February 3, 2020

From February 3rd through 7th, cultural institutions from around the world are sharing coloring pages on social media with the hashtag #ColorOurCollections.

Cover of an instructional booklet for a brand of birth control pills. The cover has a picture of a woman looking down at a flower. She is wearing a wedding ring.

Checking in from the field with NERFC Fellow Donna Drucker

December 2, 2019

Guest blogger, Center researcher, and 2018–2019 New England Research Fellowship Consortium Fellow...

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