Papers of William Fiske Whitney, ca.1870-1921 (inclusive).

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Papers of William Fiske Whitney, ca.1870-1921 (inclusive).

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Primarily contains incoming correspondence concerning autopsies; obtaining specimens; anatomy museums, especially the Warren Anatomical Museum; the National Board of Health; condolences upon Whitney's death; and other subjects. Correspondents include Oliver Wendell Holmes and William Sturgis Bigelow. Other material includes documents about Whitney's Harvard appointments, professional societies and club activities (especially his interest in yachting); Harvard class memorabilia and examinations; a legal document requesting testimony by Whitney; receipts; and clippings.

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Harvard University

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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...

Whitney, William Fiske, 1850-1921.

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National Board of Health (U.S.)

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Warren Anatomical Museum

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The Warren Anatomical Museum opened in 1847 to house the anatomical specimen collection of John C. Warren. From the description of Records of the Warren Anatomical Museum, 1828-1892 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281434989 The Warren Anatomical Museum was founded in 1847 by John Collins Warren. Dr. Warren gave his private collection of specimens and models of normal and "morbid" anatomy to form the core of the collection. The collection also includes ...

Whitney, William F.

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Whitney (Harvard, M.D. 1875) was curator of the Warren Anatomical Museum at Harvard from 1879 to 1921; secretary of the Harvard Medical School, 1883 to 1890; and taught parasitic diseases in the Harvard Veterinary School from 1891 to 1901. He was a noted anatomist and often served as a forensic expert in murder cases when testimony regarding vital organs was needed. From the description of Papers of William Fiske Whitney, ca.1870-1921 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat recor...

Bigelow, William Sturgis, 1850-1926

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Bigelow (Harvard M.D. 1874) was briefly an instructor in surgery at the Harvard Medical School. From 1881 to 1888 he studied art in Japan, and later donated his collections of Oriental art to the Boston Museum of Fine Art. From the description of Buddhist notes : typescript, 1922 January-February. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612790985 Bigelow (Harvard, M.D. 1874) was briefly an instructor in surgery at the Harvard Medical School. From 1881 to 1888 he studied ar...