176 years ago, rail worker Phineas Gage was clearing the way for a rail line in Vermont when a 3-foot, 7-inch, iron rod accidentally pierced through his head. His improbable survival has long intrigued researchers and prompted studies about brain trauma and personality change.

This Thursday evening! Please join us in person or on Zoom.

HarvardHistMed Countway Library Scott Podolsky's history of trainee unionization in NEJM nejm.org/doi/abs/10.105…. Want to now where we're going, read where we've been!

Be sure to check out some of these webinars from the AAHM!

Welcome to History of Medicine week! Don't forget our webinar today at 12 pm est, Connecting through Literature, Corporate Media, and the Museum featuring Jessica Martucci, Vanessa Heggie, and Lauren Small. Register here! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Lots happening #ThisWeekatCountway! Join us for pet therapy, presentation skills & PubMed workshops, a Reproductive Med & Advocacy Archives tour, a special HarvardHistMed lecture, a convo w/ Eula Bliss & Saeed Jones, & a #SilentReadingParty! 📖🎵 🔗 countway.info/calendar

On October 16, 1846, Mass General hosted the first successful public demonstration of ether as a surgical anesthetic. This groundbreaking event is commemorated each year as a significant milestone in our hospital’s history.

We can't wait for tomorrow's panel "From the Pathfinder Archives to a More Equitable Future: Inside the Evolution of a Movement" at Countway! Do you have your tickets yet? 🔗 countway.info/pathfinder1023 #reproductivehealth #histmed #womenshealth #healthadvocacy #healthequity

Harvard exhibit weighs in on history of colonial measurements washingtonpost.com/science/2024/1… Gabriela Soto Laveaga , guest curator of the exhibition and a professor of the history of science, says in a news release. “What and how we measure reflects what we value in our society.”

Happy Tuesday! ❄️ Join us for 3 #CountwayCuddles pet therapy visits, a 30-minute #DataDiscussions session, a #PresentationSkills workshop, & a guided tour to explore HarvardHistMed's new exhibit #PrescriptionsforPeace! 🔗 countway.info/calendar #HistMed #LibraryExhibit

Come down to Brigham Education Institute to checkout our new exhibit, "House Call: Nineteenth Century Rural Medicine," which features objects & images from HarvardHistMed collections, curated by Brigham and Women's Hospital Archivist, Catherine Pate.

Curious about HarvardHistMed's new exhibit "Prescriptions for Peace" & want to learn more? Sign up for a guided tour with the co-curator! ⚕️ Explore physician anti-nuclear activism from 1961-1985 with Heather Mumford, Archivist for Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. 🔗 countway.info/tour0212

Join us online today at 1pm for the 2nd lecture of the Spring 2025 Colloquium on the History of Psychiatry and Medicine: “American Jewish Physicians and a Biological Basis for Jewishness,” w/ Leigh Alon, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine MD/PhD student! 🔗 countway.info/chpm

In our new series #GettingtoKnowtheCenter, we're highlighting some of the incredible people/projects/resources in Countway's Center for the History of Medicine.🎉 👋Meet HarvardHistMed's innovative deputy director, Emily Novak Gustainis, MLS! Full story: countway.info/emily

The Victor W. Sidel papers are now open for research! countway.harvard.edu/news/victor-w-…

The John D. Biggers papers are more open for research! Learn more here: countway.harvard.edu/news/john-d-bi…

📅 Join us #ThisWeekAtCountway for HarvardHistMed office hours, workshops on #DataManagement and #PresentationSkills, pet therapy, a film screening, and an #aArtsAndMedicine symposium! 🎵 🔗countway.info/calendar #CountwayCuddles #CountwayCinema #MedicineandtheArts

The Center for the History of Medicine's reading room will be closed April 30th to May 2nd for the AAHM meeting. If you wish to visit our reading room for the following week while you are in town, please reach out to us at [email protected] as soon as possible!

HarvardHistMed #PrescriptionsforPeace

Jere Mead papers now open for research! Learn more: countway.harvard.edu/news/jere-mead…