Papers, 1878-1939.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894

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Holmes (Harvard, M.D. 1836) was Parkman Professor of Anatomy at Harvard Medical School from 1847 to 1882, dean of the Medical School from 1847 to 1853, and a noted essayist and poet. A paper on the contagiousness of puerperal fever, presented at an 1843 meeting of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement, was his most famous contribution to medicine. His indictment of physicians for their role in causing and spreading the fever was one of the most controversial treatises of the time...

Saxe, John Godfrey, 1816-1887

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American poet. From the description of Letter [manuscript], 1871, Albany, New York, to [James Ripley] Osgood. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823406 John Godfrey Saxe (June 2, 1816 - 1887) was an American poet perhaps best known for his parable, "The Blindmen and the Elephant."He was mentioned several times in "The Penultimate Peril.", along with his most famous poem. He was described as an American humorist poet of the nineteenth cenury.Biographical Source:...

Mrs. Franklin Gibbs

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Addison, Julia de Wolf Gibbs, 1866-....

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Addison was an American author, artist, and musician. From the guide to the Papers, 1878-1939., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Addison was an American author, artist, graphic designer, and musician. From the description of Papers, 1878-1939. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122581257 ...

J. G. Saxe

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W. S. Gilbert

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