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People, Places, and Things
x-ray of Czar Nicolas's hand
Magical Stones and Imperial Bones [pdf]
Countway Library’s treasures range from x-rays of the czar’s and
czarina’s hands to Thomas Jefferson’s ruminations on vaccines.
by Jack Eckert

Name That Tool [pdf]
Test your wits against this medical instrument quiz.
by Virginia Hunt

Skeletons in the Closet: The Quiz
Test your knowledge of HMS lore.
by Paula Byron

Unburied Treasures [pdf]
The artifacts in Harvard’s Warren Anatomical Museum reveal both the
outer limits and the ingenuity of medicine on the threshold of modernity.
by Virginia Hunt

Photo: Harvard Medical Library in the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine

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