This collection consists of 991 photographs, reproductions of drawings, and glass lantern slides from Paul H. Stevenson's travels in China and Tibet and his tenure as a professor at Peking Union Medical College in Beijing. The majority of the photographs remain mounted in their original albums, or are mounted on paper. Several of the glass lantern slides include some hand-coloring. Depicted subjects include travel photographs of people, landscapes, and architecture, anthropological portraits of men from various ethnic groups in Central Asia, and scenes from the state funeral of Sun Yat-Sen, the first Provisional President of the Republic of China.
This collection consists of a bound volume titles "Comments on the Tropical Diseases of Liberia," by James Knott, M.D., Firestone Plantations Company. The volume contains 61 leaves of text in typescript and photographs fixed to subsequent pages marked 1-191, with three unnumbered photographs.
This collection consists of 37 metal printing plates from the Omega Beta Pi medical fraternity. The plates are primarily copper printing plates depicting portraits of Omega Beta Pi members.
This collection consists of 70 cytological drawings and 5 sketchbooks drawn by E.V. Cowdry. Many of the drawings were matched to articles written by Cowdry and originally published between 1911 and 1932. See FC008, Series 72 for reprints of the relevant articles.
This collection consists of 10 photographs depicting group portraits of St. Louis City Hospital interns and House Staff, taken between circa 1886 and 1932.
This collection consists of 26 glass lantern slides (and 35mm slides) depicting classroom scenes from Washington University School of Medicine in the 1930s. The images were mostly taken in Barnes Hospital ampitheaters.
This collection consists of 176 photographs and prints taken and collected by Harold A. Bulger and relating to the history of medical education in St. Louis. Depicted subjects include Joseph Nash McDowell and Missouri Medical College, St. Louis Medical and Missouri Dental College, Beaumont Hospital Medical College, St. John's Hospital, Washington University Hospital, St. Louis University Medical Department, Marion-Sims College of Medicine, Barnes Medical College, St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons, American Medical College, and Homoeopathic Medical College of Missouri. Many of the photographs were taken by Bulger in the 1930s to document the former sites of defunct insitutions. The photographs are often mounted and juxtaposed with prints of drawings or engravings depicting the medical college buildings at their former locations in St. Louis. Some of the prints depict Missouri Medical College (also known as McDowell Medical College) when it was taken over and used as a military prison during the Civil War. Many of the original prints, photographs, and daguerrotypes are housed by the Missouri Historical Society, and copy prints were made for Bulger.
This collection consists of 12 photographs depicting scenes from the early days of electroencephalography, including photographs published in LIFE magazine and the Sunday Mirror, and brain wave graphs published by Hallowell Davis, et. al. in the Journal of Neurophysiology.
This collection consists of a mounted photograph of the 1904 World's Fair Hospital, a photograph from the 25th anniversary celebration dinner for Barnes Hospital, and an architectural pencil sketch of Washington University Medical Center.
This collection consists of 41 glass lantern slides and duplicate photographic prints. This series of glass slides appears to have been collected in the Department of Surgery as a presentation on the history of the Washington University Medical Center circa 1912 through 1939. A few of the slides duplicate photographs found in other visual collections. However, the majority are unique photographs of the construction of the WU Medical Center, or are the only visual records documenting important events, including the cornerstone laying for the WUSM North Building in 1913 (VC057025, VC057026) and a ceremony prior to the construction of St. Louis Maternity Hospital (VC057037). Descriptions of the pictures were provided by Dr. Eugene Bricker.
This collection consists of 23 advertising pamphlets featuring color illustrations of historical medical facitilities in the United States. The pamphlets were distributed by Ciba Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., of Summit, New Jersey to advertise several drugs created by the company.
This collection consists of 32 artifacts, instruments, and course cards related to the Washington University School of Dentistry. Objects include dental instruments, buttons and badges, course cards, and certificates.
This collection consists of 424 portrait reproductions originally published in the Galerie Herorragender Artze Und Naturfoscher (Gallery of Outstanding Doctors and Naturalists). The portrait reproductions were published as a supplement to the Munich Medical Weekly journal.
This collection consists of 8 photographs related to the depolyment of the 21st General Hospital to North Africa. The photographs depict scenes from a Meschoui (roasted sheep) Feast, including a tasting and judging of the meschoui by French Captain Louis Brajon, General Arthur R. Wilson, and Colonel Lee D. Cady. For other photographs related to General Hospital 21, please see VC013 General Hospital 21 Photographs and Drawings.
This collection consists of 30 photographs depicting scenes from 12th Field Hospital, Camp Bowie, Texas, and 2 photographs of George J.L. Wulff in England and German during World War II.
