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"Atelier de réparation" [plastic surgeon's operating room - one woman in front of mirror held by nurse, while another woman's empty skin is being sewn up by assistant], G. Hoffmany, color lithograph, circa 1920s box size: 16.5 x 20.5 inches
Box 16 > Folder 7

Two copies, one matted; one appears to be signed by artist.

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"The dawn of abdominal surgery," color lithographic reproduction of painting by Dean Norwell, 20th century
Box 16 > Folder 7

Shows tableau with Dr. Ephraim McDowell, getting ready to perform ovariotomy, interior of frontier cabin with assistants and husband attending, Danville, Kentucky, 1809.

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The history of anaesthesia, posters, circa 1944 box size: 23 x 30 inches 4 items
Box 18 > Folder 10

Black-and-white "study charts" numbered 1 to 4, with many illustrations and text explicating the history of anesthesia; central inset advertises the 1944 Paramount Pictures film The Great Moment, about the Boston dentist W.T.G. Morton who first used anesthesia.

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Surgery 20 items

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Bronze Roman surgical instruments, circa 3rd century A.D., modern black-and-white photograph
Box 12 > Folder 36

From the History of Medicine Artifacts Collection.

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Saw and trephine, modern black-and-white photographs 6 items
Box 12 > Folder 35

From the History of Medicine Artifacts Collection.

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"Chirurgie," partially bound engravings of medical instruments, sometimes with human figures illustrating use, with large engraved frontispiece and index to illustrations, 18th century 36 items
Box 16 > Folder 8

Illustrations were originally published by Denis Diderot and Jean D'Alembert around 1770 (online source).

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"Chirurgie," copy of plate 35 from above, 18th century box size: 16.5 x 20.5 inches
Box 16 > Folder 8

Penciled note on item gives date as 1786.

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Surgical Instruments 34 items

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Tourniquet, black-and-white and color photographs, 20th century
Box 12 > Folder 36

Includes three photographs, one color and two black-and-white.

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Tourniquets 3 items

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"Urine Man," "A Doctor of Medicine," Magdalen College, engraving, 1508, reproduction print of photograph on card stock, 20th century
Box 12 > Folder 37

Also includes one negative.

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Urine 2 items

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Dr. Josiah Trent's reading room, taken at Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans' house before move to Duke Medical Center Library, black-and-white photographs, 1956 4 items
Box 12 > Folder 38

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Trent Collection 4 items

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U.S. Army portable X-ray truck, black-and-white photographs, 1918 2 items
Box 12 > Folder 39

Photographs measure 2x3 inches and are housed in an envelope labeled "X-ray repair shop, Paris."

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X-rays 2 items

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Subjects approx. 487 items

Series contains images, chiefly engravings and lithographs, of various practices, events, and themes related to the history of medicine. Arranged in alphabetical order by subject, and by box number within. The series is arranged by original topical groupings designated by library staff; new groups were also added for additions to the collection. The current divisions are: Advertisements; Anatomy; Apothecary Jars; Baths; Bindings; Bloodletting; Books and Illustrations; Buildings; Cardiology; Caricature; Cartoons; Cemeteries; Chemistry; Childbirth; Circumcision; Embryology; History of Medicine; Hospitals; Infant Care; Leeches; Manikins; Medical Costumes; Medical Devices; Medicine Chests; Military Medicine; Natural Science; Nurses and Nursing; Operating Rooms; Pediatrics; Pharmacies, Pharmaceutical; Physicians; Postcards; Psychology and Morality; Surgery; Surgical Instruments; Tourniquets; Trent Collection; Urine; and X-Rays. The largest series are Anatomy, Caricatures, Physicians, and Surgery.

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8x10 inch prints
Box 1

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Custom size work prints
Box 2

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