Ether Dome

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David Nathan, MD: Four decades in Bulfinch

vests, a coat, and two pairs of pants in a flat, wall-mounted glass case

Wedding attire of J. Mason Warren, MD (1811-1867)

Brass plaque is engraved with the words "G. H. GAY WARD MEMORIAL OF GEORGE HENRY GAY."

Gay Ward plaque

Nursing class in Mass General Ether Dome

Nursing alumnae

Three small wooden boxes with metal handles. One is opened to display a stack of metal printing plates, three of which are propped up in front of the boxes

Printing plates

An old copy of the Boston Herald lies on top of box, surrounded by other cardboard boxes with plaster dust. Headline reads: TAFT WINS DELEGATE TESTS, FIGHTS EISENHOWER SURGE; HOOVER BIDS FOR AIRPOWER"

Joseph Garland

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Latoya Brewster: An elevator ride up to history

A group of doctors listening to a presentation, seated in the tiered seating of a former operating theatre

Visit from Chinese doctors in 1972

Point of view is looking straight up at the dome from the floor. Pale blue dome is interrupted by a gridded window, notched out of roughly 1/10th of the diameter

Skylight

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Emery Brown, MD, PhD: Medicine transformed