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The earliest surviving handwritten notes from one of Warren's lectures at HMS.

Digital Highlight: John Warren’s Lectures at Harvard Medical School

October 19, 2010

Partially in the handwriting of Dr. John Warren(1753-1815), this volume of lecture notes on anatomy, beginning in December 1783, is the earliest surviving record of teaching at Harvard Medical School. 

The exploded skull on display.

Beauchene Skull

June 15, 2009

Since its transfer into the Center for the History of Medicine, the Warren Museum has been photographing its historic collection. One recent image is this beauchene, or ‘exploded,’ skull. 

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