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Countway Library behind a flowering tree on a sunny day

Week 1: A Letter To Countway Staff

March 15, 2020

We at HMS and HU have taken drastic measures for the public good. Business is NOT as usual. This time will be known as the most challenging of all in our careers.

Circa 1885 orthopedic leg brace for a 4 or 5 year old

The BackBlog: Dr. Lloyd T. Brown’s Orthopedic Braces

February 25, 2020

In the early stages of the sorting process for this project, while we were still creating guidelines...

Woman looking in to a microcrope

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...

Disassembled Mackenzie Polygraph machine. The case containing the object is open to show the parts.

The Origins of the Polygraph

February 18, 2020

Most of us are familiar with the polygraph machine, or, as it is commonly called, the “lie detector”...

Babcock tester with a hand-crank and two centrifuge tubes.

The Mystery of the Babcock Tester

February 11, 2020

None of the labels on the box seemed quite right for this instrument. It didn’t look exactly like anything I had come across before...

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.

A pair of Perkins Tractors, circa 1800, made by Elisha Perkins. They have the shape similar to pins.

The BackBlog: Elisha Perkins and the Metallic Tractors

February 2, 2020

Our Curatorial Assistant, Theodora Burbank, writes about a new therapeutic device called the Perkins tractor, one of the strangest medical fads she has encountered.

A row of shelves containing cardboard boxes.

Shining a Spotlight on the Warren Anatomical Museum Backlog

January 21, 2020

My name is Theodora Burbank, and I’m the Collections Assistant for the Warren Anatomical Museum. In the fall of 2018...

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...

Headshot of Irene E. Kochevar

Irene E. Kochevar Papers Open to Research

December 2, 2019

The Center for the History of Medicine is pleased to announce that the papers of Harvard Medical School professor of Dermatology Irene E. Kochevar are now open to research.

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Meet the Staff: Stephanie Krauss

November 26, 2019

My name is Stephanie Krauss and I have learned so much since starting my job as a Reference Archivist in January 2019...

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