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Woodcut i l lustrat ion of a f i fteenth century physic ian ’s l ibrary . From Dionysius Cato ,

Disticha de Moribus (Lyons: Jean de Vingle , 28 January 1497/98). Bal la rd 256.




The Heart wi th the Auric les , &c . f i l l ’d wi th Wax. From: The Anatomy of the Humane

Body Il lustrated with Twenty -three Copper -plates of the Most Considerab le Parts All Done After

the Life by Wil l iam Cheselden, 1713.




Teaching watercolor of d iseased bone pa inted by Wil l iam J . Kaula in 1894 for John

Col l ins Warren to use in teaching .

https ://col lect ions.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/13338.




Ulyss is Aldrovandi , phi losophi e t medic i Bononiensis , De re l iquis animal ibus ex-

anguibus l ibri quatuor . Bononiae æ Apud Jo . Bapt istam Bel lagambam, 1606.




Digital is purpurea , color p la te orig ina l ly printed in Wil l i am Wither ing’s An account of the

foxglove, and some of i ts medical uses, 1785.





Lithographic pr int of "The Dissect ing Room" by T. C. Wilson, a f ter the or ig inal by

Thomas Rowlandson, in the possess ion of Wi l l i am Tiff in Il l i fe , Esqr. c i rca 1840.





Oliver Wendel l Holmes’ bookpla te . The nauti lus she l l i s a theme in Holmes’ work ,

and i s the inspira t ion for the design of h is bookpla te . I t a l so serves as inspira t ion

for the Center for the History of Medic ine ’s logo.





Nekpokēdeia, or, The ar t of embalming . , Thomas Greenhi l l , 1705. Avai lab le v ia the Medi-

cal Her itage Library : ht tps://archive.org/detai l s/nekpokedeiaorart00gree .




Hand colored woodcut pr int from Hortus sani tat i s (Mainz, 23 June 1491) showing

the analys i s of ur ine .





Drawing of the head and neck, lateral view,

Original drawing by H. F. Aitken for Warren's Handbook, circa 1928.

http://col lect ions.countway.har vard.edu/onview/items/show/13554.




I l lustrat ion from Hortus sani tat is (Mainz, 1491) of a v irgin

and a unicorn, 23 June 1491.





I l lustrat ion from Hortus sani tat is (Mainz, 1491) showing a serpent in an

apple tree, 23 June 1491.





I l lustrated diag ram of the phrenologica l facul t ies from How to Read

Character by Samuel Rober ts Wel ls, 1890.





Etching of Dr. M. Elizabeth Reifsnyder performing surgery, circa 1885.





I l lustra t ion from Fasc iculus medicinae (Venice , 1495) of the medieval medica l l ibrary

of Petrus de Montagnana by Johannes de Ketham, 15 October 1495.

http ://col lect ions.countway .harvard.edu/onview/items/show/12570.

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