Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine photographic collection, 1840-1986 (inclusive).

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Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine photographic collection, 1840-1986 (inclusive).

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Photographs relate to all aspects of the history of medicine worldwide and to the history of the Harvard medical community. A file of about 4,000 images, ca.1840-1950, depicts individuals associated with the medical profession, especially physicians and scientists, throughout the world but with an emphasis on New England and Boston: formal portraits as well as images of persons performing operations, experiments, procedures, and photographs of professional and patient groups. A file of about 1,000 images, ca.1850-1980, records medical buildings and facilities throughout the world. A subject file covers medical topics such as dentistry, pharmacology, public health, surgery, and also specific events, equipment, and techniques. About 3,500 images relating to the Harvard Medical School, the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and the Harvard School of Public Health, ca.1870-present, show general views, building exteriors and interiors, activities, procedures, equipment, events, Harvard Medical School sponsored projects, faculty portraits, and reunion photographs. Significant groups of images are in the collection of the Boston Medical Library which joined with the Harvard Medical Library to operate the Countway Library in 1960: about 1,000 images, 1875-1964, portraits, institutions, and other pictures relating to the history of medicine; the Oliver Wendell Holmes collection, about 300 images, ca. 1846-1890, of Holmes, his family, friends, associates, and residences; and about 100 images, ca.1880, from the University of Breslau showing conditions of the skin. Formats include daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, glass plate negatives, lantern slides, tintypes, and photoprints.

ca. 10,000 images.

Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine

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